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THE MATHER AND PLATT STEAM PEELING SYSTEM
Date: 1977 Film Number: 3202
 
After footage of a supermarket shelf, a narrator introduces the Steam Peeling System developed by Mather and Platt for root vegetables. The film shows carrots being fed into the Peeler, a rotating pressurised drum which steams off the skins.The narrator then describes various options available to the purchaser.
 
 
 
TYFOAM
Date: 1977 Film Number: 3237
 
A film about ICI's development of a wall cavity filling system which binds together the inner and outer layer of bricks in houses to prevent wall collapse. The foam, 'Tyfoam', is created at the request of Cardiff City Council to remedy a chronic problem in their housing stock, and tested on condemned homes in Oldham. The foam is seen being applied to houses while tenants watch the TV undisturbed.
 
 
 
TIME [1977]
Date: 1977 Film Number: 3329
 
Film expressing the way in which time passes - speeded up footage of a sunrise behind a church, people waiting for a bus, shots of Manchester Town Hall clock and buses around Piccadilly. Footage also includes traffic signals, Deansgate seen from the cathedral end, the cathedral itself and a fire engine on the streets. A man is observed wandering across fields, and the film ends with footage of elderly people and graveyards. 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/
 
 
 
MOTION [1977]
Date: 1977 Film Number: 3332
 
Film showing different types of motion - a yellow mini drives through the streets of Salford, encountering captions that introduce three sections. 'Natural Motion' shows swaying leaves and flowers, flowing water and foam on the surface of a river. 'Mechanical Motion' sees machines at work, soap on a conveyor belt, tubes of Colgate being filled, a large drill breaking ground and gravel falling from a digger. The final section section features 'impossible motion', speeded up car journeys, dancing lamps and paper cups, and vanishing cars.
 
 
 
[NEW HORIZONS TRIMS 1]
Date: *1977 Film Number: 3374
 
Footage of interviews with M. Dutewtre and M. Araud, foreign tutors for the Salford Chemistry students who go on European placements.
 
 
 
[A GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATION]
Date: 1977 Film Number: 3483
 
In the dining room of an hotel, a priest administers communion to the guests at a golden wedding celebration. Also guests are seen in the living room of a house enjoying a fancy dress party. Location St Annes-on-Sea
 
 
 
[BOWNESS ON WINDERMERE AND A MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY]
Date: c1977 Film Number: 3484
 
Views of people enjoying themselves during a busy summer season at Lake Windermere and the village of Bowness on Windermere. Also the Castle[?] family flying out for a holiday in the Mediterranean, including a visit to Gibraltar.
 
 
 
FAROES - A NORTH ATLANTIC ADVENTURE [1]
Date: 1977 Film Number: 3656
 
Scenes from Mr Taylor's trip to and around the Faroe islands. Locations include Torhavn and other small ports and harbours. There are also shots of fishing boats and a fish processing factory.
 
 
 
[CHILDREN; STREET PARTY; CARAVAN SITE]
Date: 1977 Film Number: 3817
 
Interior domestic scenes at what appears to be a 3rd birthday party. Children playing swing-ball in the garden. Street party scenes, to celebrate the Silver Jubilee. Park scenes, with a group of people messing about on a large inflatable. Also a caravan site and further footage of Claire and Daniel, playing on their bikes, by the canal bank, with fishing nets and on fairground attractions.
 
 
 
[CARAVAN SITE SPORTS]
Date: *1981 Film Number: 3826
 
A group of children and adults can be seen taking part in a variety of races and games at a caravan site. Includes sack races, piggy-back races, an obstacle course and welly throwing competition. Also shots of the caravan site decorated with flags and bunting, to celebrate the Silver Jubilee. Ends with shots of Claire and Daniel on a swing and assorted children playing on the grass at the site.
 
 
 
[ST JOHN'S AMBULANCE REVIEW]
Date: 1977 Film Number: 3937
 
Footage of St John's Ambulance Service assembled on a field,marching and doing displays (probably at Belle Vue).
 
 
 
[ST JOHN'S AMBULANCE REVIEW 2]
Date: 1977 Film Number: 3938
 
Footage of a St John's Ambulance brass band marching around on the grass at Belle Vue stadium.
 
 
 
[OUTDOOR DOG SHOW] AND CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWS 1977 [CRUFTS]
Date: 1977 Film Number: 4087
 
Footage of Afghan Hounds at outdoor dog show [probably Leicester], the dogs are groomed and paraded around the arena before being inspected by the judges. The second section of the film is from Crufts, with general views of the exterior and interior of Olympia in London, Afghan hounds being shown, and the winners of the various breeds in the main arena.
 
 
 
LEICESTER CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW 1977 [AND OTHER DOG SHOW SCENES]
Date: 1977 Film Number: 4089
 
Footage from an outdoor dog show in Leicester, concentrating on the Afghan Hound, although other breeds are shown. The rest of the film features Afghan Hounds being shown at a number of indoor and outdoor dog shows. During the second dog show, some outhouses in the background catch on fire and are engulfed in flames. The fire brigade are seen arriving and trying to put it out.
 
 
 
[HEYS SCHOOL SWISS HOLIDAY 1977]
Date: 1977 Film Number: 4455
 
Teachers and pupils from Heys Boys' Secondary School, Prestwich are seen on a school trip to Switzerland. Brief scenes at Manchester Airport and from the plane. The party stay in Wilderswil, and are seen walking in the countryside, swimming at the hotel and visiting various places including Interlaken, Bern and Spiez.
 
 
 
[RAF; AIR SHOW; HONEYSUCKLE COTTAGE]
Date: *1977 Film Number: 4801
 
Jane Grime is seen outside the family home with two RAF officers (one of which becomes her husband). There are scenes at an air show, including a Red Arrows display, and Jane and her husband are seen outside their home in Oxfordshire.
 
 
 
[MRS GRIME WITH THE DOGS]
Date: *1977 Film Number: 4802
 
José Grime is seen playing with the dogs in the garden at home in Singleton, Geoffrey Grime does a parachute jump and views of José walking the dogs at Tarn Howes in the Lake District.
 
 
 
THE TECHNIQUE OF ACID ETCH AND FISSURE SEALANT
Date: *1977 Film Number: 4929
 
Instructional film aimed at student dentists demonstrating the use of acid to etch the teeth before the application of restorative material using formers and compound fillers. Also demonstrates a method of repairing cracks in teeth using a sealant.
 
 
 
INVESTING AND CASTING
Date: *1977 Film Number: 4941
 
Instructional film aimed at student dentists demonstrating how to make a gold filling for a tooth. A pattern is taken from the cavity and from this is a mould is made. The mould is placed in a centrifuge and molten gold is spun into it. The filling is then removed from the mould, cleaned and fitted into the patient's tooth.
 
 
 
HANDPIECE MAINTENANCE
Date: *1977 Film Number: 4942
 
Instructional film aimed at student dental nurses demonstrating the cleaning, flushing and lubricating of a dental handpiece. After cleaning the handpiece is reassembled and tested. A drill holder is also tested, dismantled in order to replace worn parts, cleaned and then rebuilt.
 
 
 
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