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Record 8704 – 8723 of 11096
| [SAM HANNA FILM CLIPS - WORKSHOP] | |||
| Date: *1974 Film Number: 5160 | |||
| Clips of Burnley film-maker Sam Hanna inside his workshop. Includes footage of film cans, boxes, letters from around the world, film-making equipment and projection devices. Sam Hanna talks to the camera and views one of his films that runs in reverse. For more information about this film-maker, and to view other films made by him, please visit the Sam Hanna section of the North West Film Archive website by pasting the following link into your browser- http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/sam_hanna_collection.html | |||
| [WILDBOARCLOUGH 1974] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 5390 | |||
| Tony Pownall and Norma are seen with other young couples having fun by the river at Wildboarclough. They are seen paddling and swimming, climbing on the rocks, playing games in the water and practising gymnastics on the grass. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [DAY AT WILDBOARCLOUGH, 1974] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 5391 | |||
| Tony Pownall and Norma are seen with other young couples having fun by the river at Wildboarclough. They are seen climbing trees, playfighting, relaxing on blankets and playing catch. Shots of lambs and sheep at a nearby farmyard and a view of boats on a canal. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| GRANBY FESTIVAL - A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 5585 | |||
| Film documenting a community festival in the Granby area of Liverpool - shots from a moving car of the terraced streets are followed by a fancy dress parade and children getting their faces painted and playing on bouncy castles. A crowd dances to a band, and a performance from "Temba", an African dance group. People participate in community games, obstacle courses, and assist with a large floor painting. There are performances from street theatre groups, and children take part in craft activities as the commentary discusses the events. | |||
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| [SIMON AND MATTHEW IN A FIELD] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 5749 | |||
| The film starts with footage of Simon Walsh climbing and exploring the hills and marshland in Glossop. Brother Matthew comes into shot as the boys both approach a brown cow in a field. A horse approaches and the boys proceed to play with it. Brief shots of an aeroplane flying overhead. Simon Walsh leaves a house to enter a red car, shots of various women also leaving the house to get into a car. | |||
| [CHRISTOPHER'S CHRISTENING; BOYS IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 5750 | |||
| Scenes of people leaving St Marys Crowned Church following a Christening and gathering outside. Guests and family arrive back at the house with the baby. Simon and Matthew play with friends in a muddy garden. | |||
| [CHRISTMAS SCENES: INDOORS AND OUTDOORS] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 5753 | |||
| Christmas scenes in the Walsh home as the boys open presents and the family gather around the Christmas tree and television. Close-ups of decorations on the tree. Brief footage outdoors. | |||
| [GRIME FAMILY - WINDERMERE BOAT RACE AND SUNSET] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 5846 | |||
| Shots of a sunset over the sea, seen from a terrace. This is followed by footage of motorboats racing on Windermere, filmed from a boat. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| CIDIWHACK; THE LITTLE MAN; SMACK BANG WALLOP; BIG EARS | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 5881 | |||
| A compilation of four short amateur dramas. "Cidiwhack" features a boy who falls and injures himself, then applies a magic cream which develops special powers to help him fight off bullies. "The Little Man" features an unlucky girl whose fortunes change after receiving a magic ring given to her by a little man. In "Smack Bang Wallop" different groups of youngsters fight over some recently discovered blueprints. A boy finds and drinks a strange drink, grows enormous ears, gets bullied at school and gets involved in a mass brawl in "Big Ears". [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [BUTLIN'S SKEGNESS, 1974] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 6097 | |||
| Scenes from a Shaw family holiday to Butlin's in Skegness. The family are seen out and about in the park and there are views of the site taken from the monorail. On a day trip to the local beach, the coastguard helicopter and a lifeboat are seen heading out to sea. | |||
| [CHRISTENING AT COCKEY MOOR] | |||
| Date: *1974 Film Number: 6168 | |||
| Family and friends are seen outside Cockey Moor Parish Church near Bury for a Christening. Mother and baby are seen leaving church, and back at home the baby is seen surrounded by family and being bathed. | |||
| [LAYCOCK FAMILY - CHRISTMAS 1974] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 6170 | |||
| Close-ups of the tree are followed by views of family members gathered in the lounge, opening presents and playing with the children. | |||
| [HAROLD WILSON OPENS RADCLIFFE CIVIC HALL] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 6662 | |||
| Scenes from the official opening of Radcliffe Civic Hall by Harold Wilson on 30 March 1974. Includes local dignitaries waiting to meet the Prime Minister, his arrival at the Civic Centre and exterior views of the building. | |||
| [CHANGABANG EXPEDITION - FINAL SECTION] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 6983 | |||
| Footage from the 1974 expedition to Changabang in the Himalayas with commentary overlaid. A team of mountaineers including Chris Bonington, Doug Scott, Martin Boyson and Dougal Haston are accompanied by Indian porters and cattle carrying supplies as they make their ascent. Shots include a cook preparing food on stoves, the team setting up base camp and tackling the rock face during a snow storm. | |||
| TOMORROW'S MERSEYSIDERS | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 7171 | |||
| Documentary depicting the work of the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo and the lives of young Merseysiders at a time of transition and change. After early shots inside the busy offices, the film looks at the newspaper production process whilst reflecting on the social effects of Liverpool's slum clearances and the abandonment of older buildings. It highlights constructive youth projects, events and campaigns supported by the paper such as the Liverpool University Settlement and the Echo Challenge Cup for inter-school football. Concludes with the Echo being sold to passengers boarding the Mersey ferry. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| [LIVERPOOL ECHO TV COMMERCIALS] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 7176 | |||
| Six television commercials presented by Kenny Everett to advertise Merseyside's evening newspaper. In the first five, various members of the public give their opinions about the paper. In the final advert Everett runs around the city towards a newspaper vendor, picking up the Echo only to discover with disappointment that "I'm not on tonight!". [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| SYSTEMS IN THE SEVENTIES | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 7178 | |||
| A detailed look at an automated system for the movement, counting and stacking of newspapers at the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo's new headquarters. After shots of the previous methods used for these purposes in the papers' old premises, the film goes on to show the design, installation and operation of Ferag machinery at their new home. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [HATHERLOW ROSE QUEEN 1974, BREDBURY AND ROMILEY SHOW, HOLIDAYS] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 7216 | |||
| The Hatherlow Rose Queen is crowned in a ceremony inside the sunday school, before leading a procession through the local streets. There are scenes at the Bredbury and Romiley Show, featuring animal and craft displays, a fairground, show jumping and cheerleaders and a tug of war. After shots of the Dinting Railway Museum, the Hodkinson family are seen on holiday in Cornwall and North Wales. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| HOW IT IS | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 7286 | |||
| Interviews, drama and a discussion group are used to highlight the main issues of the women's movement - sexism, the social conditioning of children, gender stereotyping in the media, the exploitation of women in the home and pay inequality at work. It features interviews with girls and boys in a playground who talk about their own life expectations and the roles of their parents. Includes a lengthy interview with Pat Corniss , a shop steward at a light engineering factory and concludes with a women's group discussing child-care reform and the right to control their own bodies. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| PLAY WITH A PURPOSE | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 5571 | |||
| At Howard Street nursery, Burnley, children play outside. A board reads, "A Wet Day at Howard Street October 1974." A teacher supervises children making clay shapes. Elsewhere, a teacher watches as children play at a toy kitchen unit. Children play with a telephone, typewriter, and paint. They eat together and a teacher hands out second portions. Children play with toy cars, blocks, jigsaws, a bucket on a string, a telephone, and cut and stick paper. They eat cake and apple pieces. This film, along with thousands of others from across the country, can also be viewed online as part of BFI: Britain on Film - player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film/ | |||
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