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Searched For: football
Record 168 – 187 of 667
[MIDDLEWICH V EGERTON YOUTH CLUB] | |||
Date: 1952 Film Number: 7153 | |||
Action from a lads football match played in Middlewich on October 12th 1952. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
[EGERTON YOUTH CLUB V ST WILFRID NORTHWICH] | |||
Date: 1952 Film Number: 7154 | |||
Action from a boys football match, played possibly near Tatton Park, on October 18th 1952. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
[EGERTON BOYS CLUB FOOTBALL 2] | |||
Date: *1952 Film Number: 7155 | |||
Action from a boys football match possibly played near Tatton Park and featuring lads from Egerton Youth Club. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
[EGERTON YOUTH CLUB JUNIORS V WALTON JUNIORS] | |||
Date: 1952 Film Number: 7157 | |||
Action from a boys football match, played possibly near Tatton Park, on October 25th 1952. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
RUGBY LEAGUE CUP FINAL [1952] | |||
Date: 1952 Film Number: 7310 | |||
Newsreel film of the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on 19th April 1952. There is match action as Workington Town beat Featherstone Rovers 18-10. Workington captain Gus Risman receives the trophy from foreign secretary Anthony Eden before being carried shoulder-high beside the pitch by his teammates. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
[ST ANNES; WORKS FOOTBALL; GARDENING] | |||
Date: 1952 Film Number: 3943 | |||
Footage of a trip to St Anne's - two women are seen outside a hotel, and a man walks on the sea front. A child plays with a toy dog in a garden, and workmen in overalls have a game of football in a cobbled yard. There are scenes of a woman doing the garden, and a small child playing with a wheelbarrow. | |||
[EGERTON BOYS CLUB FOOTBALL 1] | |||
Date: *1952 Film Number: 7152 | |||
Action from assorted junior football matches featuring Egerton Youth Club (possibly played near Tatton Park in Cheshire). [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
[BLACKPOOL AND HEXHAM] | |||
Date: c1953 Film Number: 4789 | |||
Members of the Grime family are seen in the garden at home, playing with the children. The victorious Blackpool Football team are seen returning with the FA Cup in 1953, and there are scenes on a farm, with Jane and Geoffrey feeding a lamb and with some cows. John Grime playing golf at Hexham Golf Club is followed by footage of the family at Hadrian's Wall and on the beach at Rossall. Geoffrey is seen getting swimming lessons at Norbreck Hydro, there are views from the arena at the Royal Agricultural Society Show and the family are seen playing in a river and on another farm near Esprick. | |||
[Boys' Brigade and mental health unit activities] | |||
Date: 1952-4 Film Number: 5956 | |||
A Rose Queen and her retinue are seen rehearsing on the flat roof of a building. Activities at Hope Congregational Church's mental health unit - occupational therapy such as weaving, making lamp shades and sewing leather satchels; gardening; laundry; music lesson and games. The Salford Central Mission's Boys' Brigade are seen on camp - visits to Tattershall Castle and Church, an open-air swimming pool and miniature golf course, and scenes on site including football, cricket and marching band practice. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
SCHOOL DIARY PART II 1952 | |||
Date: 1952/8 Film Number: 4711 | |||
Compilation film featuring Cale Green Primary School - the football team are seen competing in the semi-final and winning the final of the 1952 competition. The team is taken on an outing to New Brighton, with scenes on the boating pool and in the amusement arcade. Class 1 are seen on a day trip to Chester - visiting the museums, cathedral and city walls. The film ends with pupils giving a demonstration of country dancing during Civic Week in July 1958. | |||
MAGIC FEET | |||
Date: 1953 Film Number: 459 | |||
Stanley Matthews, playing football for Blackpool in the 1953 Cup Final in front of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, gains his first cup winners medal. His fine footwork is enhanced by the boots which he helped to design and which are produced by the Co-operative Wholesale Society - available for adults and schoolboys at co-operative societies everywhere. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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F.A. CUP SIXTH ROUND ARSENAL V BLACKPOOL | |||
Date: 1953 Film Number: 557 | |||
Shows shots of the action in the game, and the crowds watching. The final score is Blackpool 2 Arsenal 1. Brown breaks a leg scoring the winning goal. | |||
F.A. CUP SEMI-FINAL BLACKPOOL V TOTTENHAM | |||
Date: 1953 Film Number: 558 | |||
Film showing scenes at this semi-final match at Villa Park - won by Blackpool, who go ahead to the 1953 final at Wembley. Good shots of the game and crowds. | |||
WEMBLEY 1953. THE F.A. CUP FINAL | |||
Date: 1953 Film Number: 559 | |||
Shows the action in this Cup Final between Blackpool and Bolton - good shots of the game, and of the crowds. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are in attendance and at the end the Queen presents the trophy to the captain of the winning team - Blackpool, and medals to the players. It is Stanley Matthews' first winners medal. | |||
BLACKBURN DIOCESE G.F.S. AND C.L.B. CORONATION DISPLAY 9TH MAY, 1953 | |||
Date: 1953 Film Number: 5344 | |||
Coronation display at Ewood Park football ground, Blackburn. Features an inspection and parade by the Church Lads Brigade followed by dance and gymnastic displays (including slow motion reverse photography). There are team games featuring members of the Girls Friendly Society. Young boys, dressed as colourful clockwork soldiers, march rigidly then fall down in sequence. There follow displays of maypole and country dancing. The film ends with a ceremony in which a clergyman addresses the crowd in the main stand and a regimental flag is lowered. The film features military, brass and pipe bands throughout. For more information about this film-maker, and to view other films made by him, please visit the Sam Hanna section of the North West Film Archive website by pasting the following link into your browser- http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/sam_hanna_collection.html | |||
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[EGERTON YOUTH CLUB FOOTBALL SEPT. 19 1953] | |||
Date: 1953 Film Number: 7158 | |||
Action from a boys football match, played possibly near Tatton Park, on September 19th 1953. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
[F.A. CUP SEMI-FINAL BLACKPOOL V TOTTENHAM] | |||
Date: 1953 Film Number: 7334 | |||
Brief extract from newsreel footage of the FA Cup semi-final match held at Villa Park on 21st March 1953. Blackpool's winning goal is seen. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
[BLACKPOOL'S VICTORY, FA CUP FINAL 1953] | |||
Date: 1953 Film Number: 9157 | |||
The climax of the football season has over 100,000 spectators at Wembley for the Bolton Wanderers v Blackpool F.A. Cup Final of 1953. After shots of the players getting ready we see the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive and the Duke is introduced to the players. A thrilling match ends in a 4-3 victory for Blackpool and the Queen hands the trophy to the Blackpool captain. Stanley Matthews is seen in the changing room clutching his winners medal. | |||
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[MORTENSEN HOLIDAY AND SHOP EXTERIORS] | |||
Date: *1953 Film Number: 9159 | |||
The Mortensens wait for a bus, visit a zoo, and war graves. Stan and his son play football in the garden then Mrs Mortensen is seen walking in some ornamental gardens. Mrs Mortensen and friends sit at a street side cafe and then in the garden with two dogs. Brief shots of Stan's shop 'The Sports Corner' exteriors then Stan and a friend digging the front garden. | |||
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[CUP FINAL. BOLTON v BLACKPOOL] | |||
Date: 1953 Film Number: 921 | |||
The camera visits Blackpool and Bolton before the big match - Blackpool seafront; the empty football stadium; a coach full of Bolton supporters sets off. In London - a look at some of the sights, Big Ben, Downing Street and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. After the match the winning team, Blackpool, travels along the high street on an open bus; a cinema advertisement announces Pathe news coverage of the match. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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