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Record 9204 – 9223 of 11096
| [LIVERPOOL FC HOMECOMING] | |||
| Date: 1977 Film Number: 7317 | |||
| The victorious Liverpool football team arrive back at Speke Airport in May 1977 after winning the European Cup for the first time. Fans gather inside and outside the airport to welcome the players who board an open-topped bus and begin a victory parade with the trophy. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| [CARLYON FAMILY CAMPING] | |||
| Date: 1977 Film Number: 7318 | |||
| Scenes on a campsite, possibly in North Wales, featuring members of the Carlyon family. There are shots of the tents and a camper van, plus views of the surrounding mountain scenery. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| MINING FESTIVAL 1977 [REVIEW 31ST YEAR NO. 5] | |||
| Date: 1977 Film Number: 7330 | |||
| Events at the Mining Festival held at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool in November 1977. After opening shots of Blackpool seafront, there is a speech inside the venue by NCB Chairman Sir Derek Ezra. Competitions, exhibitions and events are featured, covering technology, art, health and safety, sport, music, fashion, entertainment and drama. The finale at the Opera House, hosted by Stuart Hall, sees the 1977 Coal Queen being crowned. Ends with a closing address by the Chairman and shots of miners' families enjoying fireworks and rides at the Pleasure Beach. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| THE BALL OF STRING | |||
| Date: *1977 Film Number: 7384 | |||
| Comedy short about a man suffering from toothache. He tries to take some painkillers but they don't work. His wife enters the room and offers to extract the tooth with pliers but he refuses. Eventually she attaches the tooth to a piece of string, the other end of which is tied to a door handle. A stranger unwittingly opens the door inwards which hits the man and knocks a tooth out - the wrong one. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| THE END OF THE STRING | |||
| Date: *1977 Film Number: 7385 | |||
| Short story about how a ball of string causes an argument between a married couple. The husband comes into the kitchen with a ball of string and a newspaper. He sits down to eat with his wife who asks if she can use the string to mend the handle of her shopping bag. He reluctantly agrees but after fixing the bag she uses more string to tie up a parcel whilst he reads his paper. By the time he notices, there is only a short piece of string left, much to his annoyance and to her embarrassment. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| A JUBILEE PAGEANT 1977 | |||
| Date: 1977 Film Number: 7446 | |||
| A record of Altrincham Church of England Primary School's Jubilee Pageant, held at St. Margaret's Church Hall. The school production involves a cast of hundreds of children aged 3 to 11 as it describes the people, stories and events of each year of Queen Elizabeth's reign between 1952 and 1977. The children sing songs, dance, wear costumes and hold up illustrations as part of the performance. | |||
| [THE JAM AT MIDDLETON CIVIC HALL; GARDEN SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1977 Film Number: 7778 | |||
| Two lads are seen leaving the house on the way to see The Jam at Middleton Civic Hall. Views of the band playing on stage are followed by scenes of the family playing around in the garden at home. | |||
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| FAIR HILL | |||
| Date: 1977 Film Number: 5653 | |||
| Scenes from the annual horse fair in the market town of Appleby in Cumbria. Caravans and campervans are seen arriving and setting up camp, gypsies and travellers trotting their horses on the 'flashing lane' to catch the eye of buyers; men washing their animals in the river Eden; traders mingling with visitors at Fair Hill and scenes outside The Grapes Inn all feature. 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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| [CHARLES AND LYNN'S WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1977 Film Number: 5463 | |||
| Wedding attended by the Ireland family in 1974 showing the group leaving the family home and travelling to the church service. | |||
| [MICHAEL'S CHRISTENING 1977] | |||
| Date: 1977 Film Number: 5465 | |||
| Film of the Ireland family hosting a party at the family home for baby Michael's christening with the film showing various members of the family holding the baby. | |||
| [COLIN THOMAS'S CHRISTENING] | |||
| Date: 1977 Film Number: 5466 | |||
| Ireland family attend the christening of baby Colin Thomas, with various members of the family holding him. | |||
| AINTREE '77 | |||
| Date: 1977 Film Number: 5666 | |||
| A compilation of footage from Aintree Circuit Club race events held in 1977. The film opens with spectators looking at programmes of events and then watching various races. Mechanics work on cars and engines and a group of people are addressed by a speaker. A number of crashes are witnessed, and an onlooker aids a driver that has spun out. Various race winners are seen, one of whom is presented with the traditional victor's wreath. | |||
| [XMAS PARTY AND BURNLEY WOOD SCHOOL REMOVALS] | |||
| Date: *1977 Film Number: 5627 | |||
| A group of men (teaching staff?) are seen at a Christmas party - opening presents, eating sweets and collecting balloons. Scenes inside an empty Burnley Wood School - people inside, crates of books and empty classrooms. | |||
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| [VETERAN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES CAVALCADE] | |||
| Date: 1977 Film Number: 6897 | |||
| Scenes shot from a roundabout in Chester showing a wide variety of veteran commercial vehicles including buses, coaches, lorries and vintage fire engines passing along the road. | |||
| [VETERAN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES CAVALCADE; PUNTING AT CAMBRIDGE] | |||
| Date: 1977 Film Number: 6898 | |||
| Scenes shot from a roundabout in Chester showing a wide variety of veteran commercial vehicles including jeeps, wagons, domestic cars and vintage fire engines. Film continues with scenes of a family outing to Cambridge - a punting trip on the river past University buildings. | |||
| [MAJOR LESTER CP SCHOOL OUTDOOR DANCE DISPLAY] | |||
| Date: 1977 Film Number: 5502 | |||
| Pupils are involved in a dance display taking part in the Major Lester CP School playground, which is watched by parents and relatives | |||
| [BUTLIN’S AND DROYLSDEN CARNIVAL PARADE] | |||
| Date: 1977 Film Number: 8552 | |||
| Scenes at Butlin’s holiday camp, showing various activities including an ‘It’s a Knockout’ type competition, and views of the site taken from the Ferris wheel. At Droylsden Carnival, decorated floats with the carnival queen, a vintage fire engine and local businesses pass by. Some floats are specially decorated for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee year. | |||
| [ZOO, BEESTON CASTLE, SPORTS DAY] | |||
| Date: 1977 Film Number: 8644 | |||
| The Moss family at a petting zoo with the children feeding rabbits and deer before a day out at Beeston Castle. Scenes from a school sports day with skipping, sack, wheelbarrow and three legged races. Vanessa on a climbing frame with a cat followed by her brother riding a bike. Underexposed shots of children in party hats at Vanessa's 5th birthday party. The Moss family on a beach, climbing rocks, playing football and paddling in the sea. After brief scenes of a school trip to a zoo we have tennis scenes from Wimbledon. The film ends with a fete held by cub scouts and children playing in a garden. | |||
| [ISRAEL, COLIN AND VANESSA] | |||
| Date: 1977 Film Number: 8646 | |||
| Scenes from a Moss family holiday in Israel begins with watching traffic then diving and swimming in a pool. Whilst walking in the countryside we see an armoured vehicle and tank. People diving and swimming in a river then the Moss children building sandcastles and on the slide in a beach playground. After seacaves the Moss family visit Acre, see boys playing football in a square and explore a Crusader castle. The Moss family in a garden with an elderly couple then the film ends with more beach scenes. | |||
| [SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS IN SALFORD] | |||
| Date: 1977 Film Number: 8877 | |||
| Pupils from James Brindley Primary School in Salford celebrate the Queen’s Silver Jubilee with a procession of children in historic costume making their way through the school grounds. | |||
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