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Record 8884 – 8903 of 11096
| [YOUNG PEOPLE'S HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 6783 | |||
| Leisure activities of Garstang Free Methodist Church's Youth Group from 1975, featuring rambling, swimming and a local version of the TV show It's A Knockout. | |||
| [GLIDERS] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 6788 | |||
| Views of gliders being towed for take-off by tractors and landing in the same field. Farm buildings are visible in the background. | |||
| [LOWRY RECEIVES HONORARY DOCTOR OF LETTERS FROM SALFORD UNIVERSITY] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 6605 | |||
| Scenes from Salford University as L. S. Lowry is awarded an honorary doctor of Letters in 1975, featuring his arrival at Peel Park and appearing after the ceremony wearing formal academic cap and robes. Closes with Lowry giving a brief interview to Bob Greaves of Granada Television, during which the artist proves to be taciturn and evasive. | |||
| [PARTY AND FAMILY SCENES; HONG KONG, TIGER BALM GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 5718 | |||
| The film begins with scenes depicting men drinking and socialising at home. Shots of family and friends in a suburban garden. The footage changes to scenes shot in Hong Kong; close-up shots of the Tiger Balm Gardens. | |||
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| [HENSHAWS SOCIETY FOR BLIND PEOPLE TV APPEAL] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 8234 | |||
| Geoffrey Wheeler presents an appeal for Henshaws Society for Blind People. Footage of the Belmont hotel in Llandudno, a specialist hotel designed for the visually impaired, along with a brief excerpt of an interview with one of the patrons. Footage from Henshaws' School for the Blind in Harrogate, with footage of the schoolchildren playing in a gymnasium, in a home economics class and having a group sing-a-long. Ends with Geoffrey Wheeler making a direct appeal for donations on behalf of the institution. | |||
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| [MOTOR-CROSS EVENT AT POTT SHRIGLEY] | |||
| Date: *1975 Film Number: 9266 | |||
| View from a car of the country roads leading to a motor-cross event at Pott Shrigley in Cheshire. The car turns off onto a track and with a view of the cars parked in the fields. Competitors are seen practising and then competing. There are some young competitors as well. | |||
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| [SEDER AT MARILYN'S, PESACH 1975] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 7925 | |||
| The Purcell and Shalks families are seen sat at a table performing the Seder ceremony. | |||
| [JULIE'S 4TH BIRTHDAY PARTY] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 7930 | |||
| Scenes from Julie's 4th birthday party. The film opens with scenes of Julie's birthday cards hung on the wall. We see the children playing games and then sitting down to a party buffet. Julie blows out the candles on her cake and the children wave to the camera. | |||
| [KNOWSLEY SAFARI PARK AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 8608 | |||
| Holiday scenes – coastal views, a picnic, wild ponies – are followed by scenes from a small outdoor event, a hedgehog drinking from a saucer, and girls playing boule in a garden. The reel ends with a visit to Knowsley Safari Park, where various animals are seen, including baboons, giraffes, rhinoceros and lions. | |||
| [CHESTER ZOO BY COACH] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 8968 | |||
| Scenes from a school trip by coach to Chester zoo; staff and pupils are seen looking around, and there are shots of assorted animals, including a tapir. The second part of the reel seems to be leisure scenes, with a woman sunbathing on a lounger, and a group of teenage lads larking around. | |||
| [BATTLE] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 9369 | |||
| The Sealed Knot Civil War reenactment society line up opposite each other as they prepare for battle in a park setting. Infantry, cavalry and cannons all take part in the atmospheric battle scenes in front of a large crowd of spectators. The film ends with the victors marching off the battlefield. | |||
| [GANG SHOW 1975] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 9392 | |||
| The film begins with scenes of girl guides rehearsing for the Gang Show. We then see brief excerpts from the show itself with music, singing and comedy sketches performed by cubs, boy scouts, brownies and guides. | |||
| [CUBS IT’S A KNOCKOUT 1975] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 9399 | |||
| The cub scouts take part in a 'It's a Knockout' style competition with football, relay races, tug of war, and a sack relay race. We also see them taking part in a competition where they push each other around in wheelbarrows. | |||
| [CHILDREN'S PARTY AND CUB GAMES] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 9400 | |||
| The film opens with scenes from a children's Christmas party, their special guest is somebody dressed as a Womble. We then see the cubs at camp. They do an obstacle course in the woods that includes a rope swing and then we see them lowering the flag and saying prayers. The cubs are then seen playing various games and sports including tossing the caber, shot putting, piggy back races and tug of war. The film ends with shots of the campsite during a storm and interviews with the boy scouts about what they thought of camp. | |||
| [BLACK AND WHITE MINSTREL SHOW 1975] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 9403 | |||
| An amateur operatic society perform Black and White Minstrel songs alongside dancing and other well known songs. Contains offensive language. | |||
| [DANCING AND DRAG SHOW] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 9405 | |||
| The film begins with scenes of couples dancing to an organist and drummer at an event in a club. We also see the dancers doing the Hokey Cokey amongst other popular dances at the time. There is a speech and prize giving and then some men play a game where they dress up in drag on the stage, and there is a compere. The entertainment concludes with a singer. | |||
| [CUB CAMP 1975] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 9409 | |||
| The cub scouts participate in 'It's a Knockout' style games including backwards sack races and transporting water in a teacup relay races. The cubs are then seen having suntan lotion applied to their backs before the film ends with brief scenes of some women working in the kitchens. | |||
| GIVES YOU A LEG UP | |||
| Date: *1975 Film Number: 10513 | |||
| A short film that features a photographer taking photographs who is interrupted by a door to door salesman selling a how to photograph book which he buys and uses to steady one of the legs on his tripod. | |||
| WORKING DAY WITH DEREK | |||
| Date: *1975 Film Number: 10532 | |||
| A day in the life of Derek Lovat, a divisional engineer in a copper mine in Zambia. We travel with Derek from his home to the mines offices and then onto meetings with other engineers at the workshops and the mine shafts sites. Later we see Derek pick up his children on the way home where we are introduced to his servants and then the Lovats visit the local swimming pool. | |||
| [ANN AND STEPHEN'S WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 11207 | |||
| Scenes from Ann and Stephen's wedding at St Mary's Church, Ashton-on-Mersey, Sale. The family gather at the church and photographs are taken. After the ceremony the newlyweds get into the bridal car and the guests depart. The bride and groom pose for formal wedding photographs. | |||
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