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Record 8877 – 8896 of 11241
 
 
THE ARCHERS; THE HARES AND HOUNDS
Date: c1975 Film Number: 5882
 
Two short films featuring a large group of children practising archery, then playing and fighting in the park; a school sports day with a hula-hoop competition, welly throwing, sack race, a bouncy castle and other events. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[CHRISTMAS AND BABY SCENES]
Date: c1975 Film Number: 6173
 
Brief Laycock family Christmas scenes are followed by views of a baby in a baby bouncer, playing with toys with a little girl and in the bath in front of the fire in the sitting room.
 
 
 
[BOMBAY & RICHMOND PARK]
Date: c1975 Film Number: 6746
 
Views in Bombay of a harbour, temple gardens and hawkers trading on a beach. Ends with the Kapur children climbing a tree in Richmond Park and the family relaxing in a friend's back garden.
 
 
 
[ROYAL LANCASHIRE SHOW; MILK RACE; SCOTLAND & WESTHOUGHTON]
Date: 1974-6 Film Number: 6813
 
Scenes of show jumping at the Royal Lancashire Show followed by views of a stormy seafront at Weston-Super-Mare and of Morecambe Bay at Arnside. The Milk Race is seen passing through Westhoughton along Church Street and then the Boardman family are shown enjoying a Scottish Holiday in 1975. Ends with a brief look at family pets in the back garden and a traffic jam on the M6 motorway.
 
 
 
[MALLARD DUCKS/ MOORHEN/ GREAT CRESTED GREBE]
Date: c1975 Film Number: 8143
 
Various scenes of birds. We see male and female mallard ducks dabbling in water and walking over a frozen pond, and a duck sitting on a nest hidden in the undergrowth. A family of ducks swim on the water. There are shots of a moorhen on a nest with her chicks. A great crested grebe and a swan are also filmed.
 
 
 
[SPIDER/ BUTTERFLIES/ BEES]
Date: c1975 Film Number: 8144
 
Insects in the garden. We see a spider on its web waiting to catch an unsuspecting fly. The spider catches the fly, wraps it in spider's thread then eats it. Butterflies are seen collecting nectar from a buddleia shrub. There are close up shots of a bumble bee and a hover fly. The film closes with a close up shot of a swarm of bees on the side of a tree trunk.
 
 
 
[FOX CUB/ RABBITS/ HEDGEHOG]
Date: c1975 Film Number: 8145
 
The film opens with a brief shot of a forest and clearing. We see a fox cub scrambling over rocks. Rabbits gather dry grasses and baby rabbits nibble grass near the entrance to their burrow. We see a brown hare in a field and a family of hedgehogs snuffling around a fallen branch.
 
 
 
[STEVEN AND RICHARD BIRTHDAY PARTIES]
Date: 1974-6 Film Number: 8369
 
Steven can be seen holding a birthday card he received for his 10th birthday. Steven and his friends play in the back garden together. A younger boy and his mother stand on the front doorstep and blow bubbles. We see a close up of a Wombles birthday card for Richard's 4th birthday along with his birthday cake. In the garden, Richard does some painting. Dad has to be rescued from a collapsed deckchair. In the house, the children sit around the table and Richard blows out the candles on his cake. For their holidays, the family visit Abersoch. On the beach, the boys fly a Batman kite. Back in the family garden, Richard holds a sign that reads '5 now'. Richard and his friends play in a sandpit and on bicycles. This year Richard had a Dougal from The Magic Roundabout cake. The children play pass the parcel and swingball in the garden before going inside for food and cake.
 
 
 
[STEAM RALLY, CAMPING, AND OTHER SCENES]
Date: c1975 Film Number: 11227
 
Compilation of family leisure and holiday footage, including a camping holiday in Wales; three generations of family members on the beach; brief scenes from a visit to Parkgate; children playing at home, including a little girl dressed in a nurse’s uniform, and also sitting on her parents’ motorbike. The reel ends with scenes at a vintage tractor and steam engine rally.
 
 
 
[HOLLAND AND MISC. LOCAL SCENES]
Date: c1975 Film Number: 9940
 
Scenes shot around Vallenburg in Holland with footage of the seaside and windmills. Skateboarding is briefly seen in Blackpool followed by shots of Barrow Docks and out and about with the dogs near Furness Abbey. The film ends with children playing in a garden, animals in a local park and various ships in Barrow
 
 
 
[SCENES AT BARROW DOCKS]
Date: c1975 Film Number: 9945
 
A ship offshore and scenes on board the ship. The launch of several oil tankers and the ships out in the Walney Channel. A submarine is brought into dock by a tugboat which is followed by scenes out at sea.
 
 
 
[WEDDING GROUP AND HOLIDAY IN ITALY]
Date: c1975 Film Number: 10946
 
A compilation of scenes from the Brice family. We see people gathered outside a stone building in the countryside, it looks like it could be an outdoors centre. We then see shots from a wedding, the bride and groom and guests pose for photographs outside church. We also see the Brice family on holiday in Italy. They take a boat trip and visit an archaeological site, possibly Pompei.
 
 
 
[BRICE FAMILY IN ITALY AND IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE]
Date: c1975 Film Number: 10947
 
The film opens with scenes of the Brice family on holiday in Italy. There are shots of St. Peter's Square in Rome and we see them visiting an archaeological site, possibly Pompei. Back in the UK we see members of the Brice family filmed walking towards the camera in various locations.
 
 
 
[BONFIRE NIGHT AND SOUTHPORT]
Date: c1975 Film Number: 11821
 
Fireworks, sparklers, and a bonfire. David Soul on TV with Noel Edmonds. Susan and her mother with a Labrador on the beach at Southport.
 
 
 
[CORNWALL]
Date: c1975 Film Number: 11820
 
Seaside scenes: an elderly man and two women play badminton in the garden. Walking on the cliff tops on a windy day, followed by the launch of a lifeboat. Tennis on the beach, and Susan and her mother walking on the cliffs. A phantom car journey taking in Bossiney Cove in Cornwall.
 
 
 
[STUDENT FILM CREWS]
Date: 1974-7 Film Number: 3319
 
Footage of various different student productions on the streets of Salford - after scenes of a meeting, film crews are seen filming a cyclist on a busy main road, shooting rooftops and passing traffic, filming horses and setting up their camera under a pylon. Closing
 
 
 
[HOLIDAY IN FRANCE; CUB SPORTS AND OTHER SCENES]
Date: 1974-7 Film Number: 5764
 
Footage of the Ellis family on a winter outing on the hills near Holmfirth, Yorkshire. In Southport, Arnold Ellis takes part in a go-kart race and plays crazy golf. Thelma and the boys are seen in a playground. Holiday footage showing the ferry ride to Brittany, shots of the campsite and the local markets. Views of Mont Saint-Michel and Cote Emeraude. Brief views of Wythenshawe park paddling pool are followed with a 1975 Cub Sports event held in Linnet Clough, Marple. Brief footage of Silver Jubilee party in Cambridge Road, Failsworth and shots of the Ellis family roller-skating during a Butlins holiday camp trip in Filey, Yorkshire.
 
 
 
[FLYING NORTH]
Date: c1975/6 Film Number: 9631
 
The film opens with shots of the controls in the cockpit of a small plane. We then see views from the front window as the plane takes off and then there are views of the scenery below. There are more shots of the controls as the pilot flies the plane, and then the plane starts its descent. As the plane lands we see shots of the landing filmed from outside the plane, and there are views of the airfield.
 
 
 
[SAMLESBURY HALL RENOVATIONS]
Date: c1975-7 Film Number: 9227
 
Samlesbury Hall scenes. The film opens with shots of ceramic statuettes and then we see renovation work being carried out. There are close up shots of the wooden joists and the bricklaying. Inside the hall we see a display of clocks and there are what appear to be stalls with a range of goods for sale, including stuffed toys, glassware, ceramics and paintings.
 
 
 
[MARPLE SCENES, SYDNEY, SINGAPORE, EUROPE]
Date: 1974-80 Film Number: 7278
 
Compilation of scenes featuring the Gribbon family in Marple and on trips around the world. Marple footage features the family on the Peak Forest Canal, enjoying a drink with friends in a pub garden, a carnival parade and Brabyns Park in the autumn. There is also extensive material from around the world; a cruise ship departing from and arriving in Sydney harbour, scenes in Singapore and a holiday on the Rhine visiting Arnhem, Dusseldorf, Cologne and Strasbourg. Further UK footage includes a trip to Windsor Castle, horse riding in Cornwall and walking by the river in Bakewell. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
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