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| [MISCELLANY AND SPORTS] | |||
| Date: c1940s Film Number: 2076 | |||
| The film opens with footage of the wedding party and guests outside a wedding. It continues with footage of an agricultural show, featuring livestock and show jumping. There is also holiday footage from the Isle of Man and the Lake District, including shots of countryside, coastal areas and a steam railway. The film includes footage of a military parade and brief shots of soldiers training as well as footage of children dancing in a park. The film closes with a section entitled 'sports' featuring brief footage of Preston North End Football Club's matches against Derby County, Newcastle United, Arsenal, Blackburn (?) Rovers and unspecified opponents as well as diving at the South Shore Baths in Blackpool. | |||
| [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'. | |||
| [ON LEAVE/HOME GUARD CAMP] | |||
| Date: 1940s Film Number: 4359 | |||
| A sailor on leave is seen hugging his mother on his return. Soldiers are seen at a home guard/military camp - in the mess tent a meal is served and eaten. | |||
| [WEST KIRBY PARADE AND FAMILY IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1940s Film Number: 7890 | |||
| Military, scouts, guides and cubs in parade at West Kirby. Brief scenes of man in RAF uniform and woman in garden. Ends with footage of a baby walking around the garden. | |||
| [CORONATION AND VE DAY CELEBRATIONS; HOME GUARD] | |||
| Date: 1940-3/5/53 Film Number: 6261 | |||
| Celebrations for the 1953 Coronation are seen in Heaton Mersey - a procession sets off from the war memorial along Didsbury Road, are there are scenes from a tree-planting ceremony. On VE Day people are seen dancing in the street, accompanied by a band, and there is footage of members of the Home Guard marching through the streets of Heaton Mersey during the war. | |||
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| [BRAMHALL PROCESSION] | |||
| Date: 1940-42 Film Number: 1455 | |||
| The film starts with scenes taken at a carnival procession in Bramhall. The Griffiths family are then seen playing croquet in their back garden in Carrwood Avenue - Also includes footage taken at Bramhall bowling green and scenes in and around Oxford which include a shot of four adults lying in a hay stack smoking cigarettes. | |||
| A CAVALCADE OF SCHOOL EVENTS 1940 | |||
| Date: 1940/43-44 Film Number: 2862 | |||
| Film shot at Bolton School. Opens with a chaotic snowball fight on the school field, some footage is shot in slow motion. Continues with footage from the Bolton School PT competition of 1943 - features teams of boys doing exercises in formation. Closes with footage, some shot in slow motion, from the 1944 Bolton School sports day. | |||
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| [ADVERTISEMENT COMPILATION - WIGAN] | |||
| Date: *1940/43-48 Film Number: 312 | |||
| Adverts for goods and services in Pemberton and Upholland, eg. the Co-op, furniture shop, and an electrical dealer. | |||
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| [THE BRICKHILL FAMILY IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: c1940/44 Film Number: 7797 | |||
| Film of the Brickhill family at their home in Cheshire with Mr Harold Brickhill seen filming them. There are scenes of young David in the front garden and on the street pushing a pram and Mrs Mary Brickhill is shown dressed in a nurse's uniform playing with David who is riding a tricycle. This is followed by scenes of visiting family/ friends, including the elder Brickhills, playing together in the back garden. David then marches at the head of the line carrying a union flag and we see several shots of the plants and borders of the Brickhill home. | |||
| [ICE SKATING AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1940/4/5 Film Number: 6472 | |||
| Scenes of ice skating on a frozen pond at Chorlton Meadows and brief shots of the Home Guard practising shooting on a range at Flixton's old brick works. A kitten is seen chasing around in a garden, followed by views of John Waller dressed in Naval uniform at a radar training camp on the Isle of Man and relaxing at home with the family. | |||
| [FAMILY OFF CUTS] | |||
| Date: *1940/6/7 Film Number: 7898 | |||
| Overexposed shots of a man baling grass in the fields. Maureen walking in the countryside by a river then her mother showing her tadpoles in a jam jar and her father in army uniform. The children opening Christmas presents and playing a toy piano. Maureen in the garden playing with a ball then a dog doing tricks for its owner. A Christmas tree with presents underneath then girls with baies in their prams in the garden. Overexposed shots of a boy playing with a ball and Maureen with a doll. | |||
| THE HEART OF BRITAIN | |||
| Date: 1941 Film Number: 60 | |||
| A British propaganda film to show how Britain is keeping going despite the war. Sequences show the Sheffield steel works, Lancashire mills, ARP work, the Halle Orchestra, bomb damage in Coventry, the work of the WVS, the Huddersfield Choir and aircraft building. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| ALERT! | |||
| Date: 1941 Film Number: 145 | |||
| The film records an ARP exercise in Burnley, on 23rd November 1941. Reel 1: The role played by the ARP wardens during an air raid - includes women and children entering a shelter, and the rescue and resuscitation of a driver from a burning car. Reel 2: Firemen fight a fire in a bombed out terrace - a child is rescued; stretchered injured are taken to hospital - they are shown having treatment. The all-clear siren sounds and the people come out of the shelter - counted by the warden. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| BEHIND THE COUNTER | |||
| Date: 1941 Film Number: 516 | |||
| George is manager of a CWS grocery and demonstrates to his uncle how his run-down shop could be improved by employing CWS methods of display, organisation, staff training, etc. Illustrated with scenes of production of co-op goods (including Crumpsall Biscuits) | |||
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| ROCHDALE WELCOMES HOMECOMING GRACIE | |||
| Date: 1941 Film Number: 550 | |||
| Gracie Fields welcomed by her home town and performs "The Biggest Aspidistra in the World." | |||
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| EE-LASS THA'S GRAND | |||
| Date: 1941 Film Number: 551 | |||
| The Mayor and Mayoress of Rochdale greet Gracie Fields on her return to the town. She waves to cheering crowds from the Town Hall balcony. | |||
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| BIG CIVIL DEFENCE PARADE HELPS HOSPITAL | |||
| Date: *1941 Film Number: 552 | |||
| Scenes from a large civil defence parade and demonstration in Rochdale intended to raise funds for the Infirmary. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| [DO YOU WANT SUNDAY CINEMA AND GAMES?] | |||
| Date: 1941 Film Number: 932 | |||
| A film made to support the Stockport Express wartime campaign for Sunday cinema opening, bringing Stockport in line with other local authorities. Shots of male and female wartime workers - on the buses, factory workers; long queues outside the Odeon Cinema on Oxford Street, Manchester; scenes in Stockport town centre including Stockport Plaza cinema and Mersey Square. | |||
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| [CH JOHNSON SPORTS DAY- STOCKPORT] | |||
| Date: 1941 Film Number: 1479 | |||
| CH Johnson company sports day, held in Stockport in 1941. Men and women compete in sprints, sack race, tennis, obstacle race, high jump, wheelbarrow race and a tug-of-war. Also features a couple and guests leaving a church following a wedding. They are showered with confetti before driving off in a car. | |||
| QUEEN COTTON | |||
| Date: 1941 Film Number: 4329 | |||
| Film about the production of cotton and fabric in Lancashire. The raw material is unloaded at Manchester docks, before being spun and woven into cloth. The design department is seen, with the artists creating new patterns, and at Broadoak Mill in Accrington, these designs are printed onto the cloth. The film ends with a fashion show, demonstrating the use of cotton in the latest ladies' fashions. | |||
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