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| 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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| WELL WORTH PRINTING | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 5631 | |||
| Promotional film for the Star Paper Mill in Blackburn detailing the production of specialised coated papers for the printing industry, from the mixing of the wood pulp to the finished products leaving the warehouse. 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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| [IRELAND FAMILY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY 1974] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 5462 | |||
| Film of the Ireland family's Christmas party in 1974 showing footage of the family eating and drinking. The film also shows children opening presents, and one child in particular playing with his toy guitar. | |||
| [PRINCE CHARLES VISITS KELLOGGS CO, STRETFORD] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 6081 | |||
| Preparations for Prince Charles' visit to the Kelloggs Company, Stretford on 22 May 1974 celebrating its 50th anniversary this year are seen. On arrival, the Prince is introduced to Mr J. A. Adams the chairman and managing director and to the two assistant managing directors, Mr J.Rothwell and Mr K. Brenton. He also met various members of the production and manufacturing team on his tour around Kelloggs, leading to refreshments. Following his departure by helicopter which was taking him to Reading, Berkshire, there are scenes of the dismantling of the marquee, as well as general exterior views of the buildings. | |||
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| [PRINCE CHARLES AT KELLOGGS - STILLS AND GENERAL VIEWS] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 6082 | |||
| Still photographs taken at Kelloggs' Stretford works during Prince Charles' visit on 22 May 1974 are followed by footage of his departure by helicopter, the dismantling of the marquee, and aerial exterior views of the buildings. | |||
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| FRANCE | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 6494 | |||
| Scenes from a Waller family camping holiday In France in 1974. Featuring views of mountains, lakes and the campsite, a visit to a chateau and a boating trip. | |||
| RACETRACKS IN THE SAND | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 8649 | |||
| Robin Knox Johnson reports on the sport of sand yachting from the beaches at Lytham St Annes. Johnson demonstrates how to put together and how to sail in one of the yachts, and interviews various sailors (some local, some international) about the sport at an international championship held in Lytham. The difficulties of the sport relying on wind strength is also shown, as the races have to be called off for a time due to the strong winds being too dangerous to sail in. | |||
| [MORECAMBE FC CELEBRATIONS 1974] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 8811 | |||
| Scenes from Seacliff Beach in Scotland, followed by scenes from home of a pet cat. A woman holds a Morecambe FC scarf and Morecambe Town Hall displays a banner that reads 'Well Done Morecambe FC'. Crowds of people are out celebrating and we see the football team go through the streets on an open top bus with the trophy. | |||
| [MORECAMBE FC CELEBRATIONS 1974; MORECAMBE CARNIVAL] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 8812 | |||
| Scenes of crowds of Morecambe FC fans celebrating outside Morecambe Town Hall. The football players arrive in an open top bus and meet the mayor. We then see scenes from Morecambe Carnival, there are floats, morris dancers, marching bands and people in fancy dress. | |||
| [THE FIERY FURNACE AND DANIEL] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 8875 | |||
| Scenes from two plays - ‘The Fiery Furnace’ and ‘Daniel in the Lion’s Den’ - performed by children from James Brindley Primary School in Salford. | |||
| [THE FIERY FURNACE AND PLAYGROUND SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 8876 | |||
| Scenes from ‘The Fiery Furnace’ performed by children from James Brindley Primary School in Salford; after this, we see children in the classroom and the playground, skipping and running around. | |||
| [GRANBY CARNIVAL WEEKEND] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 9268 | |||
| This film begins with exteriors of the Merseyside Community Relations Council building then interiors with carnival banners being painted as well as screen printing posters advertising the story cart. Next we see the carnival parade with adults and children, many in fancy dress, marching along the street with decorated floats and cars. At the carnival children play games, bounce on the inflatables and have their faces painted. After grossly underexposed traditional Indian folk dancing we follow the story cart to various Liverpool streets where the children paint, have stories read to them and enjoy street theatre performances. | |||
| [FOOTBALL MATCHES 1974] | |||
| Date: 1974 Film Number: 9407 | |||
| Match action from three different schoolboy football matches played in a local park. | |||
| A HYDRAULIC INVESTIGATION OF THE RIVER LUNE | |||
| Date: *1974 Film Number: 10226 | |||
| This film records how the civil engineering department of Salford University investigated the flow of the river Lune in regard to fish migration and river behaviour such as flooding. We see surveyors at work using photo theodolites to map the course of the river past the islands or shards at Skerton. It includes aerial footage of the river and scenes in the universities laboratories where hydraulic models are built and the rivers flow is tested. The film ends with a concluding report by Prof. EM Wilson. | |||
| [DUKE OF EDINGBURGH VISITS SALFORD UNIVERSITY, MAY 24TH 1974 | |||
| Date: 24/05/1974 Film Number: 10228 | |||
| Scenes from a royal visit by the Duke of Edingburgh, Prince Philip to Salford University. We see his arrival by Royal motorcade followed by a walking tour of the university campus stopping and entering different buildings. The Prince walks through the campus grounds and is followed by an increasingly large group of local children and a dog. Policemen, students and local people stand and watch before a helicopter arrives and the Duke departs in the co-pilot's seat. | |||
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