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Searched For: football
Record 348 – 367 of 667
| [SCHOOL SPORTING SCENES AND TANKER] | |||
| Date: 1965-9 Film Number: 10702 | |||
| The film opens with scenes from a school football match, we then see a school netball match. The film ends with a huge industrial tanker, with Capper Neill on the side, being moved on a low loader with a motorbike escort while local people stand and watch. | |||
| [BULLFIGHT IN SPAIN] | |||
| Date: *1970 Film Number: 3726 | |||
| Spanish holiday scenes. General views of houses, balconies, bridges and a valley. The family are seen sitting at a pavement cafe and visiting an orange grove where women are seen wrapping and packing the fruit. This is followed by extended and quite explicit footage of bullfighting. More general beach and countryside scenes follow - people in a paddleboat; football on the beach; walking along rocky pathways and up to a monastery or remote village; relaxing at the poolside writing postcards. | |||
| [MACCLESFIELD TOWN HOMECOMING AND SEASIDE SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1965-70 Film Number: 11124 | |||
| The film opens with scenes of Robert playing with a dog in a field, and then we see Macclesfield Town FC's homecoming, possibly for winning the FA Trophy in 1970. There are large crowds of spectators waving flags and other football memorabilia while policemen guard the barriers. The team arrive on an open top bus and take turns to hold up the cup. We then see the Medley kids eating outdoors on deckchairs. This is followed by scenes of children playing in Sowcar Brook in Bollington. The adults sit on the banks of the brook with picnic baskets while the children play.There follows scenes of New Brighton with Bob and Sue, we see the family at a fairground, on the beach and having a picnic on the street. There are also scenes from Scarborough. We see views of the sea front, beach, harbour and Scarborough Castle. Children watch a Punch and Judy show, and people ride horses on the beach. We see a performing dolphin show with crowds of spectators, and shots of penguins and chimps. Then there are shots of the family on the beach. We see a river with rowing boats, and crowds of people sat on the banks. There are also model planes and boats. The family play on rocks on the beach, and there are street scenes of Scarborough. We then see the family on a coach, and then scenes from Southport. We see the family on the beach and at a fairground. The film ends with the children posing for a group photograph. | |||
| [HAYMAKING, WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1965-69/79 Film Number: 7764 | |||
| Haymaking on the Wild family farm in Grimsargh, plus a wedding at Grimsargh Church. There are opening scenes of hay being cut, turned, raked and baled with the help of tractors and machinery. Bales are loaded onto a trailer and taken to a barn. The Wild boys feed treats to a dog, help their mother feed calves and play football in the yard. There are exterior shots of farm buildings and brief snow scenes around the farm. Ends with shots of a wedding (believed to be Philip and Lynn) at Grimsargh Church, with the bride arriving at the church gates and photographs being taken of the wedding party. | |||
| [RECRUITS TRAINING COURSE AND FOOTBALL MATCH] | |||
| Date: *1966 Film Number: 837 | |||
| Fire service recruits training exercises - use of hoses; parade and inspection; the film finishes with shots of a football match. | |||
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| AUTUMN IN DELAMERE | |||
| Date: c1966 Film Number: 1511 | |||
| The film documents activities taking place at 'Delamere Forest School for Delicate Jewish Children'. Includes interior shots of the school canteen and classrooms. The children are seen participating in religious ceremonies, having medical examinations, walking in Delamere Forest and weeding the gardens and flower beds. 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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| [MR BROOKES GRANDCHILDREN OUTSIDE NEWSAGENTS] | |||
| Date: *1966 Film Number: 2336 | |||
| Scenes of Mr Ralph Brookes' three grandsons outside his newsagents shop, off New Park Road in Ordsall; Salford. The youngest boy, Christopher (aged about 1-2 years) is seen kicking a ball along the pavement. | |||
| [OLDHAM ATHLETIC AND A BUILDING SITE] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 2803 | |||
| Footage shot by the police of crowds walking towards Boundary Park, Oldham Athletic's ground. There are scenes of the police overseeing the match and shots of the match itself, and then the film ends with shots of a building site. | |||
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| AT SCHOOL AT PLAY | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 3413 | |||
| Footage of children in various classes at Simmonswood County Primary School in Kirkby. Scenes include children running a mock post office, selling 'stamps', using the telephone and playing with a telegram / morse code apparatus. There are shots of boys and girls in a woodwork class, making among other things a house for a pet mouse. A display in a geography class for the 1966 World Cup is shown, and there is footage of Christmas pictures and decorations. | |||
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| [BABY IN GARDEN, HOPE HOSPITAL AND BELLE VUE] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 3778 | |||
| Shots of David Weiner crawling in the garden as a baby, playing in his pram, with shots of him playing football. Helen Weiner (his mother) is seen in Hope Hospital with the new baby (Debbie) and going home (Helen's mother is seen briefly in the doorway). The family are seen at Belle Vue on a miniature railway, and the children are seen playing in the garden. | |||
| [SIR JOHN DEANE'S STUDENTS ON THE LOOSE] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 3883 | |||
| Scenes of three students from Sir John Deane College in and around Northwich, fooling around in a derelict house and playing football in a field. There are scenes of demolition and redevelopment in Northwich, and the film also includes shots of Sir John Deane's College's archery and sailing clubs in action. | |||
| THIS ENGLAND: MR LOWRY | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 6604 | |||
| A Granada Television documentary which focuses on a sale of L. S. Lowry's paintings in London, his domestic life in Mottram in Longdendale and preoccupation with mortality. Opens with scenes of Lowry playing football with children, tallying the value of his art and working at his home The Elms. Lowry then entertains an autograph-hunting father and daughter before walking around Manchester city centre, reminiscing how it used to be. He is shown strolling through Piccadilly Gardens, speculating on how the vagrants there fell on hard times and then reflects on mortality beside graves in a cemetery. Ends with his visit to the Leferre Gallery to promote the sale of his work and his relaxing back at home again. | |||
| [HOLIDAYS LITTLE HAVEN 1966] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 8367 | |||
| The film opens with a close up of the 'Official Guide to Pembrokeshire'. They visit Little Haven and pass by various hotels and pubs before visiting the beach. Scenes of sprint cars racing around a field as crowds watch. The family take a boat trip around the coast. At the beach again, some members of the family play football together. The film ends with brief shots of the interior of their holiday home, Mrs. Hughes can be seen cooking some food in the kitchen. | |||
| [SCOUTS GO-KARTING AND AT CAMP] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 9384 | |||
| The film opens with scenes from pedal powered go-kart race on Skegness promenade followed by a parade of scouts and a prize giving for the winners. We see the scouts playing on a pebbly beach, having a water fight and travelling on a train. We also see them rock climbing and playing football. We see them at camp eating and in their sleeping bags in a large tent. We see them travelling in cars, with views from the moving vehicles. We then see them climbing Mount Snowden. | |||
| [PLAYGROUND & SPORTS SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1966 Film Number: 10272 | |||
| After brief shots of a seagull on a dry stone wall, we see the children of Broadbottom primary school at play in the school's playground with the girls doing handstands and skipping while the boys play cricket and then football. | |||
| [FOOTBALL IN THE STREET] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 5727 | |||
| The Greenwood boys and puppy play with toys in the Greenwood garden then on the climbing frame and slide. The boys then play football with their Grandfather in the street. | |||
| [SCENES OF THE BEACH, CASTLE AND COUNTRYSIDE] | |||
| Date: *1966-67 Film Number: 1301 | |||
| The Thorley Family on holiday at the seaside. Includes scenes of the family paddling in the sea and relaxing on the beach . Also has travelling shots of the surrounding countryside and a castle. | |||
| [VISIT TO CHINA] | |||
| Date: *1966-67 Film Number: 1609 | |||
| Film shot in China at the time of the Cultural Revolution. Features farming scenes, shots from a steel mill and around the Great Wall of China. Also includes a procession involving uniformed men and citizens brandishing placards and the Little Red Book. The staging of politically themed plays is featured, the film finishes with footage from Beijing including Tianamen Square. | |||
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| [FAMILY LEISURE] | |||
| Date: c1967 Film Number: 592 | |||
| Shows general views of children in Blackheath and Greenwich Park in London - watching deer and feeding birds; a football match and a busy street; children in a garden on bicycles, and a garden party; and shots of Billy Smart's Circus procession and circus tent. | |||
| [GARDEN SCENES; BONFIRE NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS] | |||
| Date: 1966-8 Film Number: 2245 | |||
| A variety of activities at West Leigh Childrens Home, Heaton Moor, Stockport including a game of football, the high jump, water fights with a hosepipe, snowball fights, and building a bonfire and guy. Also three years (1966-68) of Christmas scenes with Father Christmas arriving and handing out presents to the boys and staff. | |||
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