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| [SAND AT MOSSBOROUGH HALL FARM] | |||
| Date: 1978 Film Number: 9091 | |||
| Scenes from Mossborough Hall Farm in Rainford, St. Helens. Mr Heyes films a problem with sand at the farm. A sandstorm is blowing from the Delph Field, caused by sand extraction by Pilkington's. David Ensor is seen demonstrating the depth of the sand. | |||
| [PLUM MILL DEMOLITION AND CORNISH HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: 1978 Film Number: 9499 | |||
| Scenes from a holiday in Cornwall and places visited on the journey there and back, including St Mawes, Mevagissey, Ross-on-Wye, Tintern Abbey and Bath. In Heywood, people turn out to watch the demolition of Plum Mill, with the wrecking ball bringing down a local landmark. | |||
| [THE WILSON FAMILY CELEBRATE ANOTHER CHRISTMAS AT HOME] | |||
| Date: 1978 Film Number: 9604 | |||
| The Wilson family celebrate Christmas at home. The women prepare food in the kitchen, we see the table set for dinner, then the family sit down to their Christmas dinner. They later open gifts in the sitting room, the children get lots of new toys and they sit and play with the TV on in the background. | |||
| HOLLAND 1978 | |||
| Date: 1978 Film Number: 9702 | |||
| Scenes from the Glossop and District Scouts camping trip to Holland in 1978. We see the scouts leave on a coach as their families wave goodbye. We then see scenes from their trip to Holland. They stay at Camping de Tolplas and there are lots of scenes throughout the film of the scouts at the campsite. We see them eating, washing up and larking around. We see them on a cycling trip near the campsite and they visit various places in Holland. They visit the war cemetery at Arnhem, they relax and eat ice cream and chips on the shores of a lake at Oudemeyer, they go for a sightseeing boat trip in Amsterdam and they visit Kampen and Volendam. They also see a demonstration of clog making. There are shots of the English scenery from the coach window on the journey home, including the Woodhead Pass. | |||
| [IT'S A KNOCKOUT AT THE ROODEE CHESTER] | |||
| Date: 1978 Film Number: 9775 | |||
| Sunday 16th April 1978 at Chester racecourse sees Chester v Crewe and Nantwich v Wrexham in Heat 2 of the popular TV programme, It's a Knockout. Decorated boats and rafts battle on the river Dee, and at the Roodee ground, the teams, often in comic costumes, compete to complete obstacle courses and sporting challenges. | |||
| [WOODFORD AIR SHOW 1978] | |||
| Date: 1978 Film Number: 9776 | |||
| Scenes from the annual air show in Cheshire, featuring a wide range of aircraft, including biplanes, helicopters, a Harrier Jump Jet and a Hercules transport plane; there is also a display by the Red Arrows. | |||
| [WHIT WALK & WESTON-SUPER-MARE] | |||
| Date: 1978 Film Number: 9811 | |||
| A young boy in a bow tie leads the Whit Walk through the streets of Radcliffe with religious banners, clergymen, Cub Scouts and Brownies. Holiday scenes from Weston-Super-Mare with the Kirkmans playing crazy golf, views of the promenade and beach scenes. | |||
| KNOWSLEY TODAY | |||
| Date: *1978 Film Number: 10263 | |||
| A film made for Knowsley Borough council showing the positive aspects to life in the area presented by Brian Redhead. The locations include Knowsley Hall, Liverpool Docks, Kirkby Sports Centre, Huyton shopping precinct, Knowsley Safari Park and Prescot street scenes. Presenter Brian Redhead takes a look at the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside in this promotional film advertising the commercial and general attractions of the area. Beginning with Knowsley Hall, the historic home of the Earls of Derby, we visit a wide range of locations including Knowsley Safari Park, Kirkby Sports Centre, Liverpool Docks, Huyton, Prescot, and see the traditional craft of horseshoeing at Crompton Smithy. Local nightlife is represented with a floor show at Kirkby Suite, and the film also shows the easy transport links for leisure purposes to the Lake District, Southport and Snowdonia. | |||
| [RETURN OF HMS ARK ROYAL] | |||
| Date: 1978 Film Number: 10315 | |||
| In Plymouth, crowds turn out to watch naval ships in the harbour, including the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal being towed into HMNB Devonport for decommissioning the following spring. | |||
| [SADDLEWORTH MUSICAL SOCIETY - THE GONDOLIERS] | |||
| Date: 1978 Film Number: 10694 | |||
| The Saddleworth Musical Society production of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Gondoliers' with dress rehearsal scenes. | |||
| [MANCHESTER ARNDALE INTERIORS, CITY CENTRE AND AIRPORT] | |||
| Date: *1978 Film Number: 10975 | |||
| Interiors of Manchester Arndale centre and its various shops with gross underexposed shots of pub interiors Views of bungalows, a derelict mill and Barton Bridge. Manchester city centre including Piccadilly and Market Street followed by planes at Manchester airport and a swing bridge on the ship canal. In a garden, a woman with her baby and dog followed by the demolition of chimneys possibly at a power station, we get to see both chimneys fall. The film ends with close ups of flowers and a group of people stood outside the Blue Bell public house | |||
| [DANCING GIRLS] | |||
| Date: 1978 Film Number: 5742 | |||
| A group of girls energetically dance on stage in costume. Men join in with the performance, various costume changes throughout. | |||
| [OUT IN A BOAT AT WINDERMERE AND CONWY] | |||
| Date: 1978 Film Number: 12071 | |||
| The film opens with shots of a man starting the motor of a boat and then we see scenes out in the boat on Lake Windemere and then more boating scenes from Conwy. | |||
| [DEVON HOLIDAY AND BOAT ON RIVER LUNE] | |||
| Date: 1978 Film Number: 12076 | |||
| In this film we see family holiday scenes from Devon, these scenes include Dartmouth and the view from a moving steam train. The film then ends with boating scenes from a river, possibly the River Lune. | |||
| [CAR JOURNEY & FROZEN CANAL] | |||
| Date: *1978 Film Number: 11900 | |||
| A high-speed phantom car journey along country lanes and views of a frozen canal. | |||
| LOWER WITHINGTON ROSE QUEEN FESTIVAL 1978 | |||
| Date: 1978 Film Number: 11925 | |||
| A young man on horseback leads the festival parade with a girls' dance troupe, a marching band and people in fancy dress collecting money for charity and tractor-pulled floats and decorated cars. The Rose Queens pass in a vintage convertible car and horse-drawn carriage. The parade arrives at the showground with the floats followed by the Rose Queen coronation ceremony and the prize giving for the float and fancy-dress competitions. The film ends with children eating in a marquee, as wellas views of flower arrangements and arts and crafts displays. | |||
| HORN DANCE, ABBOTS BROMLEY | |||
| Date: 1978 - 79 Film Number: 2949 | |||
| Footage of the horn dance, as performed in the North Staffordshire village of Abbots Bromley, The dancers are seen preparing, then performing the Horn dance in various locations. | |||
| CONTRACT 8800 | |||
| Date: 1978-9 Film Number: 3187 | |||
| A film about a contract to produce a new rubber tyre-moulding plant for the Soviet Union by the Simon Carves Co. Ltd. of Stockport, using various conveyors and weighing machines to produce ingredients for the manufacture of tyres. | |||
| [NEW HORIZONS TRIMS 3] | |||
| Date: *1978-9 Film Number: 3377 | |||
| Footage of the factories where chemistry students from Salford University are working in placements. The 'Storeys' and 'Orogil' buildings are seen, and students are seen in office and lab settings. | |||
| [FRANCES AND BILL] | |||
| Date: *1978-79 Film Number: 3831 | |||
| Brief scenes at an Airport and then in a suburban street. Also various activities at a caravan site with people eating, talking and mowing the grass. Brief shots of a visit to a cemetery. An elderly gentleman mending a garden fence. Scenes in a pub, including dancing, talking and close-ups of the buffet table. Brief shots of a wrecked VW van being hauled away. Close-ups of a cake with the words 'Bon voyage to Frances and Bill', a farewell party and finally scenes at an airport. | |||
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