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Record 141 – 160 of 460
| [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - DIGGING FOR VICTORY; CAMPING AND SPORTS] | |||
| Date: *1939-40/46/48/50/52-59 Film Number: 2233 | |||
| Pupils from Lymm Grammar School are seen competing in a cross country run; a boys v girls hockey match; various field and track events and a game of netball. Also features construction work on the new block of classrooms; a boy scout camp; the opening of the new outdoor swimming pool; a skiing holiday and interior shots of a boys woodwork class. Staff and pupils are also seen 'Digging for Victory' in the school grounds. The film concludes with scenes of a camping trip - the children are seen getting off a bus with their camping gear and sleeping bags; pitching the tents; preparing a meal; washing up and clearing away the rubbish. | |||
| HOME GUARD | |||
| Date: *1939/41 Film Number: 1204 | |||
| The Home Guard seen in a variety of situations. Being drilled, relaxing at camp and finally on parade. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| A SOUVENIR OF THE CADETS' TRAINING CAMP | |||
| Date: *1939/42 Film Number: 810 | |||
| A cadet training camp - field exercises; a group photograph with close ups of the commanding officers, who include Lt. Col. W Birtwistle DSO; the cadets board lorries and wave goodbye. Astley Park - general shots in the park; the mayor opens the Forces Club; field exercises, and soldiers marching through town. | |||
| [HOLIDAYS AT HOME/CARNIVAL DAY] | |||
| Date: 1939/42 Film Number: 860 | |||
| The film begins with various sporting activities - sprinting, high jump, tug of war, javelin, golf and tennis; shots of Bolton Town Hall clock. Different war memorials are visited - inscriptions are seen to the 'Loyal North Lancashire', the men of the Bolton Artillery; the men of Egerton, Eagley, Dunscar and Bromley Cross, and the Lancashire Fusiliers. Carnival Day celebrations at the British Legion Astley Bridge branch - a fancy dress parade; children's' ballet display; the crowning of the carnival queen, Miss Irene Holden, by the president JL Gratrix; a procession of civilians wearing medals and carrying flags. | |||
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| [BUCKETS AND SPADES] | |||
| Date: 1939/42 Film Number: 1346 | |||
| The Worthington Family on holiday in Blackpool 1939. Includes scenes of family members rolling head-over-heels down sand dunes and walking along the sea front with Blackpool Tower and pier in the distance. Also includes footage of Glenn's christening in 1942 and a man shovelling snow from a path. | |||
| [YEALAND MANOR SCHOOL: TREE PLANTING CEREMONY, CHILDREN PLAYING, MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM PERFORMANCE] | |||
| Date: *1939/42/44/48 Film Number: 7046 | |||
| Scenes from Yealand Manor School showing a man mending the driveway, part of a tree planting ceremony to commemorate 250th anniversary of Yealand Meeting House and a short sequence with children dressed as fairies during a school play. Continues with colour footage of music teacher Arthur Percival walking along with a bandaged foot, evacuee children posing for the camera and playing in the gardens. Includes shots of pigs in a yard and an unidentified farmer. Black and white footage shows Jean Inebruit playing with children in the Manor grounds, close ups of local artist Elizabeth Brockbank and school Matron Annie Holt. More colour scenes follow, including John Robson and the filmmaker's daughter Ann Foulds playing on the grass, tomatoes growing in a greenhouse children paddling in a swimming pool. Ends with children performing in a school play adaption of A Midsummer Night's Dream. | |||
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| A.R.P. INSTRUCTION FILM | |||
| Date: 1939/*44 Film Number: 6116 | |||
| The Lancashire mobile air defence unit demonstrates its machine gun for the camera. Members of Turton ARP Wardens and Auxiliary Fire Service are seen training with fire hoses and a mobile water pump at Marsden Road Fire Station in Bolton. | |||
| YEALAND MANOR SCHOOL - AN EVACUATION EXPERIMENT PART 1 | |||
| Date: *1939/46 Film Number: 7042 | |||
| Scenes from Yealand Manor School showing the evacuee children going for a walk with staff and parents, playing games in the grounds of the Manor and conducting a science experiment with plants in the garden. Footage includes children and adults walking along from St John's Church to the Yealand Friend Meeting House, school girls playing on a wall and a member of the domestic staff out in the yard dusting down a rug. Continues with Winter shots of Yealand Conyers village covered in heavy snow. Colour scenes show girls and men clearing snow from roadside then having a snow fight, staff and pupils leaving Yealand Manor School for a walk in the surrounding grounds. | |||
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| [ASSORTED FAMILY AND YEALAND MANOR SCHOOL SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1939/46 Film Number: 7043 | |||
| Scenes from Yealand Manor School showing the Foulds family playing with family pets, evacuee children playing in the grounds of the school and taking walks in the nearby countryside. A brief sequence shows aircraft flying over head. Colour scenes show a family playing with dogs in a garden, boys playing cricket and children having a picnic. Includes a brief shot of a man delivering vegetables in a basket. Continues with children playing in a sandpit, domestic staff beating the dust out of mattresses and members of the school heading out for a country walk. Ends with children sledging (on Big Bertha sledge). | |||
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| [YEALAND MANOR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES; HORSE AND HOUNDS] | |||
| Date: *1939/46 Film Number: 7047 | |||
| Scenes from Yealand Manor School life showing colour footage of a family in a garden posing for the camera, children eating ice creams and a trio of pupils practicing on their instruments during a music lesson. Includes shots of butterflies amongst flowers and children playing in the gardens of the Manor. Black and white footage shows boys playing with a train set and Headmistress Elfrida Vipont Foulds handing out sweets to evacuee children. Continues with colour scenes of children playing in the grounds during Winter, as female staff are seen pulling a young boy wearing a Red Indian costume on a makeshift sledge. Ends with colour shots of a man on horseback visiting the children at Yealand School with a pack of hounds. | |||
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| [IN THE GARDEN, ON THE BEACH AND UNCLE DICK'S WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1939/49/50 Film Number: 7813 | |||
| Footage of family events throughout the years between 1939-1950. The film begins with children in a garden playing with a dog and net fishing by a river. Then on a beach, adults play catch with a hoop, eat apples and swim in the sea. A little girl accompanied by the adults getting into a car on the promenade, then shown in the garden with a rabbit. Uncle Dick's wedding begins with the groom and best man arriving at the church, followed by bridesmaids, friends and family. The bride arrives at the church, has official photographs taken with her husband and wedding guests before departing under confetti. Views of a sea front, sailing, building a snowman and fly fishing are then shown, followed by children playing in the sand in Tenby, South Wales. This film ends with shots of the family in the garden with their pet dogs. then paddling in the sea and enjoying pony rides on the beach. | |||
| [HOME GUARD TRAINING] | |||
| Date: c1940 Film Number: 111 | |||
| A military parade featuring the Home Guard passes through the streets of Rochdale. Crowds gather on the moor to watch the home guard in training - armed exercises, river crossing and scaling walls. The Home Guard are also seen back in the town centre, relaxing and on parade. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| ST. HELENS HOME GUARD | |||
| Date: c1940 Film Number: 154 | |||
| Men and women in civil defence uniform carry out a First Aid exercise in a bombed building, rescuing 'casualties' and carrying them on stretchers to a van and on to hospital. There are scenes at the hospital where a casualty is examined, another is unloaded, and the female driver is shown beside her - St. Helens Civil Defence Casualty Service - van. | |||
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| [LORD DERBY INSPECTS EX-SERVICEMEN AT BOLTON] | |||
| Date: c1940s Film Number: 862 | |||
| Various scenes and activities in and around Bolton - shots of Bolton Town Hall and surrounding moorland; Lord Derby inspects ex-servicemen - the inspection is followed by a parade; the men of the Bolton ARP; a visit to the Fishpool Institute - a game of bowls; several elderly ladies with their nurses pose outside the Institute; the children of the Cottage Homes. | |||
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| [MARCH PAST AND INSPECTION] | |||
| Date: c1940s Film Number: 867 | |||
| March past of soldiers and civilians - the civilians are inspected by uniformed officers; a flag is held on which is written 'Egypt Gallipoli Burnley'. A group of men and women - the women play bowls; one woman is wheeled around in a wheelbarrow; playing darts. | |||
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| HOME MOVIES | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 873 | |||
| Presentation of two ambulances, a gift from the people of Bolton, to the Red Cross and St. Johns Ambulance Brigade - mayor and civic dignitaries; a line of women in uniform, one of whom fixes a horse shoe for good luck. Wrestling match - Jack Pye at Burnden Park. Fete - shots of various stalls; a keep fit display; ladies dancing troupe; Red Cross drivers ambulance race. A nurse on a hospital ward. | |||
| ALL PALS TOGETHER | |||
| Date: c1940s Film Number: 875 | |||
| Shots of various individuals in uniform; an outdoor swimming pool; show jumping; table tennis outside Smithills Hall; a gymnastic display and football match; mum and dad greet their son on leave from the Navy - he is later seen saying goodbye; a boys camp. | |||
| [MOSS BANK PARK, THE RUKINS AT HOME] | |||
| Date: c1940s Film Number: 882 | |||
| In the park - a military band; donkey rides; a crowded paddling pool. The home of the Rukins - in the garden; picking raspberries; a family picnic. | |||
| LORD DERBY VISITS FARNWORTH | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 883 | |||
| Lord Derby visits Farnworth and lays a wreath at the war memorial - a procession including the mayor and mace bearer, ex-service amputees, girl guides and boy scouts. Bolton's War Weapon Week, October 26th - November 2nd 1940 - another procession of soldiers, armoured cars and gun carriers; shot of a captured German aircraft; the procession makes its way to St. Bedes Parish Church. | |||
| REFUGE | |||
| Date: c1940s(?) Film Number: 930 | |||
| A historical drama - the true story of a French peasant woman who was presented to King George V in 1927, in honour of her heroism during the First World War. | |||
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