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Searched For: football
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| [MISCELLANEOUS: COUNTRYSIDE AND FOOTBALL] | |||
| Date: c1940s Film Number: 2077 | |||
| Miscellaneous footage from various locations. Includes shots of a rural area from a moving car, brief footage of a football match in a large stadium and a group of people riding horses and walking through fields. | |||
| [ROYAL VISIT TO WARRINGTON / FAMILY SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1940s Film Number: 2223 | |||
| King George VI and Queen Elizabeth are seen visiting Warrington on a royal visit. Includes shots of the royal party greeting war veterans and civic dignitaries before departing in an open topped car. The film also features a shot of nine uniformed women marching across a street (Warrington Football Club can be seen in the background); and domestic scenes of a family at home and in the their back garden. Includes a shot of a woman sitting in the garden reading a newspaper which has the headline ' Hitler arrives in Austria'. | |||
| [BOYS PLAYING FOOTBALL] | |||
| Date: 1940s Film Number: 11416 | |||
| A group of boys play football with a tennis ball. | |||
| [MISCELLANEOUS SCOUTING & OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1940s/50s Film Number: 6455 | |||
| Scouts swimming in the sea on the Isle of Man and enjoying various attractions at a local fairground. Excerpts from camp life and views of scouts rowing in a fishing harbour. Scenes from countryside walks and tree-felling around Brock Mill and Longridge are followed by a war-time salvage drive. A series of episodic clips follows, featuring snowball fights, hiking expeditions, a visit to Windermere railway station, performances of acrobatic exercises and a demonstration of semaphore. | |||
| [IN LIVERPOOL AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1940s/50s Film Number: 8171 | |||
| A young man plays football in a farmyard. The film then cuts to a woman out walking in the countryside. The film cuts to a group of young adults leaving a building and walking through Liverpool city centre. On board a Mersey ferry, we see shots of the waterfront. In the next scene a group of people play tennis together. A couple walk through a rose garden together. The film ends with the group hillwalking in the Lake District. | |||
| [BEACH AND BOAT] | |||
| Date: 1940s Film Number: 2612 | |||
| On a beach, a woman leads a dog through the waves, and it plays on the beach, savaging a football. Another woman paddles, hitching up her skirt, while a man in old fashioned bathing costume plays football. People pose in front of a car, and there are then some scenes of snow. There are more beach scenes - a passing liner, women walking on a shingle beach, a boat trip around the headland and people playing with the dog. A couple caper around on the beach with an anchor and there is a view of a car parking. The first dog plays with an old man while a second dog has a go at the football. Men and women go paddling, and the film closes with the family going for a country walk. | |||
| [MAYORAL EVENTS] | |||
| Date: *1942/43/45-51/54/55 Film Number: 858 | |||
| A look at various mayoral events in Stretford. Reel 1 includes - shots of the mayor's residence - the family in the garden; mayoral church ceremony and parade of civic dignitaries; meetings with George Formby and Frank Swift; attending a women's football match (featuring Dick Kerr Ladies) and a baseball match; a civic luncheon; wreath laying ceremony; a reception at Stretford Town Hall for Manchester United after their 1948 cup win - shots of the team and trophies; a visit by Field Marshall Montgomery; rose queen celebrations and crowning ceremony; a trade exhibition - Kelloggs and Metrovicks stands seen. Reel 2 - Rose Queen pageant; the family at the funfair; meeting Dick Kerr Ladies again; Mayor's Sunday - the mayor and civic dignitaries on the steps of the Town Hall; procession of uniformed organisations; a service in Stretford Parish Church; processions to celebrate Stretford Pageant and the borough's silver jubilee. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [MALPAS SCENES 1943] | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 7768 | |||
| Scenes in Malpas beginning with two wartime weddings, a school trip to a local farm and the 1943 Eddisbury by-election including John Eric Loverseed standing as the Common Wealth candidate. Scenes from the Malpas and District Easter Wings for Victory week including the Good Friday fish queue, fund-raising, horse jumping and dancing in the streets. Sunday school treats including rounders and football are followed by Malpas and district farmers, a home guard shooting competition, Remembrance Sunday, and Boxing Day football. | |||
| [JOHN THIS IS YOUR LIFE - 7 TO 15] | |||
| Date: 1943-51 Film Number: 8364 | |||
| Compilation reel begins with John looking at all the birthday cards he received for his seventh birthday. Later, he runs and plays in a field dressed in a Native American costume and pretends to hit his mother with a tomahawk. In December, John counts down the days to Christmas Day and writes his letter to Santa Claus and puts the letter in the fireplace. On Christmas Eve, John hangs up his Christmas stocking and reminds his mother to not forget the party. Through the use of trick photography, presents, decorations and food 'magically' appear on the table. John decides it's time for him to go to bed. While he sleeps, Santa brings his toys to life. The next day, friends and family gather around the table for Christmas dinner. They light candles on a cake and John blows them out. Shots of friends and family (some wearing military uniform) drinking tea and generally fooling around. A woman and her husband (who is wearing a military uniform) pose for the camera with their young baby. John holds a calendar up to the camera, the 8th of July is marked for John's birthday. In the newspaper we see an article for the 1944 Holidays At Home. As well as a leaflet for Poole's Caucasian Circus. At the circus grounds, John goes on some of the rides such as the merry-go-round and waltzers. The film cuts to scenes of young boys playing football. The family stop at Mersey View, Frodsham to visit some friends, we see views of the helter-skelter. On Porth Wen beach they go swimming in the sea while others sit in the sun. The film cuts to a mother and her baby waiting for her child to come out of Warrington Grammar school. Back at home, family and friends sit around the table for tea and birthday cake. John can be seen blowing out the candles and cutting the cake. At an outdoor swimming pool, some adults watch as others dive from the diving board. Includes some slow motion shots of diving. Afterwards, they all enjoy a picnic together. The film ends with scenes of Grappenhall youth football team competing in the 1951 semi-final. | |||
| [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - SPORTS TEAMS AND PUPILS] | |||
| Date: *1943/45-49 Film Number: 2239 | |||
| Various events and activities attended by the pupils and staff of Lymm Grammar School 1946-49. Includes scenes of a school cross country run; a school sports day; children leaving the church on Founders' Day and the cast of the school play dressed up in their costumes. Concludes with various shots of the 1948-49 school sports teams; prefects; school leavers; new pupils and the head boy and girl. | |||
| FIELD DAY MOSS ROSE | |||
| Date: *1944 Film Number: 4 | |||
| Scenes of a sports day cum fete at the Moss Rose sports and football ground. Fairground stalls, a brass band, and tents are featured. Events shown include running races, a three-legged race and a tug of war. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| CALLING BLIGHTY NO. 183 | |||
| Date: 1944 Film Number: 621 | |||
| Members of the RAF stand in the goal mouth of a football pitch, and send messages home. Each man introduces the next. At the end, they march towards the camera, waving, as the narrator mentions their home towns of Preston, Blackburn, Rochdale, Wigan and Bolton. | |||
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| [LEISURE SCENES IN WARTIME] | |||
| Date: c1945 Film Number: 5417 | |||
| Two men are seen looking at war savings campaign posters and smoking, and people leave a meeting room. There are posters for a Canada v USA baseball match and for the 1943 ceremony to mark Wilmslow's adoption of HMS Winchelsea, followed by scenes from the baseball match at Pownall College, Wilmslow during Merchant Navy Week. People skating on a frozen lake, baby Brenda sitting outside and a parade featuring the Air Training Corps. There is an outdoor gathering for Allies Day with an appearance from Commander Warwick Bracegirdle. The film ends with a football match, after which St Bartholomew's Prize Band play. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| THE BOLTON SCHOOL 1945-1946. FILM FLASHES OF SCHOOL LIFE | |||
| Date: 1945-46 Film Number: 2860 | |||
| Film of activities at Bolton School in 1945-46. Features footage of staff and pupils in assemblies, staff meetings, lessons and exams as well as undertaking a wide variety of different activities. The schools scout troop is seen on a camping trip to Borrowdale - they play games and prepare and eat a meal. The Agricultural Camp at Parbold is featured - pupils harvest potatoes and strawberries. The Pig Club are seen feeding the school's pigs. Pupils are seen engaged in a variety of sports: football; cricket; high jump; gymnastics and athletics. The Aeromodelling and Chess Club members are seen engaged in their hobbies. There is footage of the preparation for and performance of Shakespeare's Richard II and the school orchestra is seen performing in the school hall. Closes with shots of speech day, in which Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks presents a succession of certificates and trophies. | |||
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| [PRESTON LADIES FOOTBALL AND T.A. VOLUNTEERS] | |||
| Date: c1945-55 Film Number: 3441 | |||
| Footage of members of the Preston Ladies football team in Avenham Park Preston and at Towneley Park in Burnley. They also play several matches including ones at Seedhill in Nelson and at the Craven Park Stadium in Hull. There are also scenes of T.A. volunteers at the Cross Lane barracks of the Lancashire Fusiliers in Salford. 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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| [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - SPORTS TEAMS] | |||
| Date: *1945/48 Film Number: 2226 | |||
| Members of Lymm Grammar School's hockey, football, tennis and cricket teams; pose for the camera outside the school building. Also includes footage of a group of school girls doing country dancing at a Garden Fete; scenes from a school play and various close up shots of individual staff members and prefects. | |||
| A CITY SPEAKS | |||
| Date: 1946 Film Number: 19 | |||
| A promotional film made for Manchester Corporation about local government and plans for the redevelopment of Manchester in the post-war era. An introductory sequence shows the commerce and industry of the city and is followed by an historical account of its development from Roman times through the Industrial Revolution, social reform and public services. The electoral system is explained; the workings of various departments, eg libraries, housing etc, and utilities; the provision of health care; the relationship between health and housing, and the extensive plans for the development of Hulme along the lines of Wythenshawe which is shown as ideal. The leisure activities of the city are illustrated before a concluding sequence contrasting past and present. | |||
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| [SNOW SCENES AND MAY DAY PROCESSION] | |||
| Date: *1946 Film Number: 4334 | |||
| Two teams run out onto a snow covered football pitch, the captains shake hands prior to kick-off but the match itself is not seen. The Siddall children are seen playing on a sledge in the snow, followed by scenes from a May Day Procession [possibly in Winnington] including views of the May Queen in a carriage. A bridesmaid is seen in a garden and two girls are seen standing outside a suburban house. | |||
| [FOOTBALL MATCH, TURF MOOR] | |||
| Date: 1946-53 Film Number: 5296 | |||
| Brief footage of a football match between Burnley FC and an unknown team [possibly Charlton Athletic] played in front of a packed crowd at Turf Moor stadium. 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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| COUNTY GRAMMAR SCHOOL HYDE ATHLETICS | |||
| Date: *1946/8/9 Film Number: 4403 | |||
| A number of different school sports are seen at Hyde County Grammar School. The school football team is seen in action, followed by cross country running in May 1949, with the competitors being applauded as they cross the line. In 1946, school children are seen taking part in sports day - several different races are seen, including sprint, sack and skipping. | |||
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