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| [MANURE SPREADING] | |||
| Date: *1974 Film Number: 8219 | |||
| A farmer drives around a field on a tractor, spreading manure from an attached trailer. | |||
| [CONISTON, CAT, AND RED ARROWS] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 8625 | |||
| A compilation reel featuring a cat being pushed around a garden in a wheelbarrow, children at a campsite by Coniston Water, and the Red Arrows display team performing at Barton Air Show. | |||
| FRODSHAM GALA DAY | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 8667 | |||
| Scenes from the Frodsham Gala Day on 29 June 1974. A bannner advertising the Frodsham Gala is followed by a steam roller on the road, then a fairground organ and speeches given from a makeshift stage. Bareback horse riding, then children taking rides on a miniature railway and a parachute display team landing on the playing fields. | |||
| [CUB SCOUT CAMP ACTIVITIES] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 9414 | |||
| Cub scout camp activity scenes. We see scouts erecting tents and having archery lessons. They are shown how to extinguish a small fire and we see them rope climbing in the woods. We see them wading through mud, washing up their plates and pans, chopping wood and attending a religious ceremony. | |||
| [girl guides Halloween disco] | |||
| Date: Film Number: 9421 | |||
| Girl guides in fancy dress dancing at a Halloween disco party. | |||
| [1974 PEAK CAMP AT CHATSWORTH] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 9708 | |||
| Scenes from the 'Peak Camp' for boy scouts and girl guides at Chatsworth in Derbyshire. The film opens with shots of a field filled with tents and then we see a procession. A band leads and a scout VIP follows on a horse and carriage. He later goes out to the crowds to meet and greet. We then see the scouts and guides taking part in a range of activities including archery, judo, fencing, canoeing, tug of war, trampolining, wrestling and abseiling. | |||
| [KNUTSFORD ROYAL MAY DAY FESTIVAL AND FAMILY SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 9768 | |||
| A festival procession with decorated floats, costumed children, a drum band and Morris dancers, makes its way through the town streets, while on the festival field, there are stalls and a children’s funfair. At another outdoor event, people enjoy watching traction engines, and riding on a miniature railway. Family footage includes children out and about in a park, feeding birds in an aviary, having a tea party outdoors and playing with a ball in the back yard. | |||
| [WOODFORD AIR SHOW 1974 AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 9769 | |||
| Scenes from the annual air show in Cheshire, featuring a wide range of aircraft, including a Spitfire, Vulcan bomber, Hercules transport plane and Harrier Jump Jet; there is also a display by the Red Arrows. The reel continues with steam heritage, and rail enthusiasts coming to see and climb aboard the ‘Flying Scotsman’. The film finishes with family holiday scenes in North Wales. | |||
| [CHRISTMAS AND FAMILY SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 9770 | |||
| A little boy puts decorations on the family’s Christmas tree, before he and his sister open their presents, a notable one being her “Mini Mum Cleaning Set” complete with toy iron, ironing board and sweeper. There are scenes in a playground and in the park, where children feed the birds. A procession with Morris dancers passes along the street, and after brief shots of a children’s ride at a funfair, the reel ends with children playing indoors and in their back yard. | |||
| [FUNFAIR RIDES AT FLEETWOOD] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 9817 | |||
| Beach scenes with children swimming and paddling in the sea and a boy building sandcastles. The boy on various children's fairground rides as well as a ride on a miniature railway | |||
| CANAL CRUISE 1974 | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 10046 | |||
| Beautiful scenic views of the countryside filmed from a moving canal boat. The scouts pull the canal boat from the towpath. We see a swan and her cygnets before the boat enters a lock. Later the boat reaches Harecastle Tunnel and turns around. At one point they pass the Narrowboat graveyard in Northwich, Cheshire. The scouts and leaders go swimming in the canal. Inside the boat they cook some food followed by views of the Anderton Boat Lift. The film ends with some scouts sunbathing on the roof of the canal boat as they drift through a rural landscape. | |||
| [HUYTON ELECTION DECLARATION - FEBRUARY 1974] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 10268 | |||
| The declaration of the result with a pause by the Returning Officer, Donald Willgoose, to allow the press photographers to take their places. Harold Wilson, the victor, then makes a short speech. | |||
| [HUYTON ELECTION DECLARATION - OCTOBER 1974] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 10269 | |||
| The Returning Officer, Donald Willgoose, makes the declaration for the Huyton constituency in the second election of 1974. Harold Wilson, the victor, then makes a speech thanking all the election participants and making reference to the national problems the country was facing at the time. | |||
| [CARAVAN SITE AND BEACH] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 10368 | |||
| Scenes from family holiday – adults sunbathe while children play and lark around on the beach; at the caravan site, children run around and play ball games while their parents stand and chat. | |||
| A CLOSE SHAVE | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 10399 | |||
| A short comedic film showing Sefton Samuels having his beard trimmed in the garden by Helen Samuels with the help of their son Mark and other children. The film ends with Sefton shaving off what remains of his beard and then having tea in the garden followed by him being chased around the garden by his family brandishing scissors to remove whats left of his facial hair. | |||
| [SILVER WEDDING SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 10549 | |||
| Scenes from Margaret and Arthur's Silver Wedding celebrations beginning with the various presents, the party drinks and cake and the many congratulations cards they recieved. Family and friends are seen arriving by car for the house party. | |||
| [SCENES AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 10679 | |||
| Views taken from a bus arriving at Manchester Airport. Shots taken from the viewing deck of the airport of the ground crew at work and aeroplanes taxiing and taking off. The film ends with more buses in Manchester. | |||
| [AFTERMATH OF FIRE AT VICTORIAN MARKET HALL] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 10691 | |||
| This film was shot at 4:30pm on the 5th October 1974 after a fire which has gutted Oldham's Inside Market Hall. Crowds of onlookers gather as the buildings facade is demolished while fireman still dampen down the fire and we have views of the fire-damaged building. | |||
| TIME TO SAVE | |||
| Date: 1974-77 Film Number: 3190 | |||
| A film featuring the use of a computer telephone bureau to relay messages, information and data to a large number of phone users, a forerunner of the paging system. | |||
| [BELMONT SPECIAL SCHOOL- VARIOUS VISITS 1974-75] | |||
| Date: 1974-1975 Film Number: 1373 | |||
| Visits to a Pontin's camp,a beach and a farmyard. Also footage of a school sportsday. | |||
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