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| THE LAST MATCH OF THE 1930-31 SEASON, BLACKPOOL V MANCHESTER CITY [AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1931 Film Number: 8718 | |||
| Scenes from the last match of the 1930-1 football season, when Blackpool and Manchester City drew 2-2. Also a variety of local material, including the "christening ceremony" of a new lifeboat; footage at an Aerial Circus, with biplanes and an autogiro on show; and scenes of family members out and about in Arnside and in Stanley Park, Blackpool. | |||
| WANDERERS PAST AND PRESENT BURDEN PARK APRIL 1931 [AND LATER MATCHES] | |||
| Date: 1931/48/9 Film Number: 8481 | |||
| Players run onto the pitch at Burnham Park for the George Eccles benefit match between 'Present Bolton' and 'Past Bolton' on 27th April 1931. Scenes of match action which 'Present' Bolton went on to win 2-1. Also includes footage from the 2nd October 1948 Bolton Wanderers v Arsenal match, including Bolton scoring a goal (1-0 final score). Field Marshall Viscount Montgomery (a Freeman of Bolton) is introduced by the Mayor to the players and boys' clubs before match action against Newcastle on 5th November 1949 (2-2 final score). | |||
| DARWEN v ARSENAL AT HIGHBURY | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 271 | |||
| (Or the "£25 team v £45,000 team") Crowds see the Darwen team off to play Arsenal at Highbury. Darwen lost 11-1. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| PENKETH. A FILM OF LIFE AT A QUAKER SCHOOL | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 2241 | |||
| Activities and events attended by staff and pupils of Penketh Quaker school, near Warrington, in 1932. Includes scenes of the children having their breakfast in the school hall; attending maths, chemistry, woodwork, music and cookery lessons; participating in various track and field events and enjoying a school excursion to Pendle Hill. | |||
| [NEW HOME & OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 10304 | |||
| A football match on a local park followed by baby Brenda in her pram then in the garden with family and friends. Mr and Mrs Riding playing with the dog in the garden. A sign for Riding Bros. Ltd. Builders and Contractors with the Riding brothers stood below it. The Riding family examining the exteriors of a new home followed by the dog swimming in a lake and a removal van on the street. | |||
| CAVALCADE OF BURNLEY | |||
| Date: 1932/35/40-45/50 Film Number: 5293 | |||
| A record of local events in Burnley from 1932 through to 1950. Features a 1932 Hospital Carnival, a Burnley v Luton football match from 1935 and the last tram to run in the town on 7th May 1935. Wartime footage includes the activities of the Burnley Home Guard and a 'Wings for Victory' parade along Colne Road in 1943. King George VI visits Burnley on 8th March 1945 before newspaper headlines announce the end of the war and there are shots of street parties, dancing outside the Town Hall, fires being lit, a thanksgiving service at St Peters Church and an outdoor concert and ceremony at Towneley Park. The film ends with footage from the 1950 General Election at which local Labour MP Wilfrid Burke retains his seat. 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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| GLENGARRY TOPICAL NEWS No. 12 | |||
| Date: 1933 Film Number: 1152 | |||
| Local newsreel featuring items on the Royal Show at Derby on June 3rd, 1933 - includes shots of the extra trolley buses laid on for the event and general scenes of the show ground, livestock and agricultural machinery. Further items include shots of 'Warwick Castle' - the latest addition to the Union Castle Line fleet; Manchester and Liverpool's new roadway; Stockport County v Crystal Palace on December 9th 1933; the new Pavilion and Band Stand at Harrogate and a flying display at Southport. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [CHILDRENS ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL; BOY SCOUTS] | |||
| Date: *1933-45 Film Number: 1231 | |||
| Scenes from an orthopaedic hospital, preceded by scenes of boys and girls exercising, a woman dancing and the sea. Hospital scenes are followed by shots of a man lighting a fire and then of a man fighting a heath fire. Followed by scenes of a group of men (African?) dancing, of waterfalls and rapids and further foreign scenes. Also includes scenes of children, including scouts, playing intercut with street scenes and ending with shots of a family on a beach (Port Erin, Isle of Man). [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| [RACING, BIRTHDAYS & HOLIDAYS] | |||
| Date: 1933/7/8 Film Number: 6499 | |||
| Scenes from a 1933 cycle race in Heswall are followed by views of Liverpool Airport in 1937 and of a snow-covered Bromborough. The 100 Mile Car Race on Southport Sands is seen, as well as Irvine MacDonald's 21st birthday party and people ice-skating in Heswall. A crowd gathers outside Liverpool Cathedral in 1938, and there are scenes from MacDonald family holidays in Cornwall and the Conwy Valley. Irvine playing in a rugby match in Hoylake concludes. | |||
| BRINGING HOME THE CUP | |||
| Date: *1934 Film Number: 654 | |||
| Newsreel item featuring Manchester City football team being welcomed home after winning the cup at Wembley. Shows the arrival of the train followed by a victory coach tour, around Manchester, as they are cheered by the crowds. | |||
| GRAND FOOTBALL MATCH IN AID OF THE ROYAL INFIRMARY - TONGE UNITED v BLACK HORSE TEMPERANCE | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 739 | |||
| Two charity football matches in aid of Bolton Royal Infirmary - Tonge United v Black Horse Temperance; shots of the teams and spectators; presentation of the shield and medals, including the champion beer drinkers medal! | |||
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| GLENGARRY TOPICAL NEWS No 17 | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 1160 | |||
| Local newsreel - includes items on the 'New World Wonder Tunnel' in Merseyside, March 31st 1934; Manchester City football team is welcomed home after winning the FA cup at Wembley - includes scenes at North Edgeley Station and Piccadilly Square - A royal visit to Manchester and Liverpool, July 17th / 18th, 1934. King George V is greeted by large crowds as he opens the new Central Reference Library in Manchester and the new East Lancashire Road in Liverpool. The newsreel concludes with shots of Stockports floral tributes. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| B.B. IN SWITZERLAND 1934 | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 6110 | |||
| Boys from the 72nd Boys' Brigade in Salford are seen at various tourist sites in Paris on route to Switzerland for a holiday. They are seen on a boat trip on Lake Geneva, walking in the Alps, playing skittles, and returning home via Dieppe. | |||
| [FYLDE CAMP, BLOOMFIELD RD AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1935 Film Number: 8169 | |||
| Scenes from a scout camp on Fylde Coast. Crowds gather to watch the arrival of Prince Albert of York (later King George VI) where he is given a tour of the camp. The film cuts to a crowded beach where many people swim in the sea. Back at the scout camp, the chef poses for the camera. The scouts wash and change their clothes and one man plays the bagpipes. After brief shots of a race, men can be seen packing to leave the camp. The men wait to board double-decker buses. In a garden, one man relaxes in a hammock while the others sit and drink tea. A group of women play some tennis. Crowds gather outside Bloomfield Rd for the Blackpool and Doncaster Rovers football match. In the next scene we see a packed out stadium watching the match. Back at home, a woman takes her dogs for a walk. Later, the group pose for the camera outside a hotel. The film ends with scenic shots of mountains and a lake. | |||
| EVENTS AROUND HORWICH | |||
| Date: 1934-8 Film Number: 3273 | |||
| Footage of various activities - races at Bloomfield Road football ground in Blackpool, a baby in a pram, a bowling competition, sprint races and an opera at the Horwich RMI are seen. | |||
| INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP LEAGUE HORWICH BRANCH ACTIVITIES SUMMER SEASON 1935 | |||
| Date: 1935 Film Number: 3268 | |||
| German guests of the International Friendship League are seen leaving for home, and a joint ramble with the Manchester branch at Rivington is shown. The Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute is seen as are members of its band in London, and also participants in the Institute's tennis, cricket, angling, hockey and football clubs. | |||
| ST THOMAS' WHITSUNTIDE FIELD DAY 1935 | |||
| Date: 1935 Film Number: 5097 | |||
| Scenes from St Thomas' Church Whitsuntide Field Day. The procession is seen passing through the streets of Eccleston prior to various events on the playing fields including displays of country dancing, a running race and 'sack football,' as well as people eating ice cream and enjoying themselves. | |||
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| 1935 B.B. NEWS | |||
| Date: 1935 Film Number: 6112 | |||
| Various Boys' Brigade events during 1935 - the Manchester Battalion Jubilee Review is seen, with boys marching in a field, being inspected by the leaders and putting on a gymnastics display. The Lifeboys (junior members) are also featured, the boys re-enact historical scenes at a pageant at Lancashire College and are seen at Booth Bank and Mobberley in Cheshire. The film ends with scenes from the Boys' Brigade camp at Bollin House, and of a football match. | |||
| THE LINTON GAZETTE | |||
| Date: 1935/6 Film Number: 4129 | |||
| June Rendell is seen on a merry-go-round at a fairground, and in the garden at home. Doug and Fred Rendell ride a motor cycle outside the house, and various members of the Rendell family are seen leaving a house in Gisburn and horse riding. The rest of the reel is the Linton Gazette; members of the Rendell family are seen in the garden of the family home, 'Linton,' in Ashton-on-Mersey - dancing, playing bowls and football and running around - they go on holiday to St Annes-on-Sea, and are also seen at Whipsnade Zoo, Otterton Village and Ladram Bay in Devon. | |||
| [FOOTBALL MATCH AND CHARITY PARADE] | |||
| Date: *1935/6 Film Number: 4158 | |||
| Scenes from a football match at Maine Road are followed by views of a charity parade through the Ancoats area of Manchester in 1936. Brief shots of trams at Ardwick Green conclude. | |||
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