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Record 260 – 279 of 459
| HOLIDAYS AT HOME | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 219 | |||
| Film of Rochdale, showing a series of organised events attended and addressed by the Mayor (and party). The events comprise - the official opening with Gracie Fields; bowling; sheepdog trials; boating; cricket; agricultural show; fashion pageant; shooting; boxing; fairground; fire fighting; a dog show; and entertainers. | |||
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| SUMMER ON THE FARM | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 571 | |||
| Work on farms in Cheshire and Lancashire during the summer months - harvesting the crops, with emphasis on the interdependence of Manchester and the country districts during wartime. | |||
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| THIRD ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION HOME GUARD CHORLEY, SUNDAY 16th MAY 1943 | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 813 | |||
| Chorley Home Guard parade through the town. Field exercises in Astley Park. A newspaper headline tells of the King's pride in the Home Guard. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| MODEL PROCEDURE FOR WATER-RELAYING [EXTRACT] | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 845 | |||
| A wartime fire service information film - hose relay vehicles fill up at a riverside; hose piping (6000 ft per vehicle) is laid along the streets - firemen run after the vehicles and straighten the piping; a burning building at night - close up of gauges on a Coventry Climax -fire engine; problems of burst pipes and low pressure. | |||
| ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE ENSIGN TO WARRINGTON MAY 28TH 1943 | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 1201 | |||
| The presentation of the Royal Canadian Air Force flag to the Mayor of Warrington on May 28th 1943. Includes scenes of the Mayor inspecting a line of uniformed men and other civic dignitaries entering a civic building. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| [CONGLETON HOME GUARD] | |||
| Date: c1943 Film Number: 1522 | |||
| Opens with footage of Congleton Home Guard with their rifles, followed by close-ups of individual guards marching past. Continues with shots of guards standing at ease, before shots of sandbags and explosives on a hillside. Ends with a shot of a home guardsman stood in a garden. | |||
| PRESENTATION OF ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE ENSIGN TO WARRINGTON. MAY 28TH 1943 | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 2235 | |||
| Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force march through Warrington town centre, on May 28th 1943. The flag bearer presents the Royal Canadian Air Force's ensign to the Mayor of Warrington. Includes a shot of the mayor, and a group of civic dignitaries, inspecting the airman on parade. Large crowds line the streets as they watch the ceremony, procession and speeches. | |||
| MAINTENANCE OF METROPOLITAN VICKERS / LISTER MK II ALTERNATOR or THE REASON WHY YOU MUST MAINTAIN YOUR RADAR AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 2793 | |||
| The film begins with a dramatised demonstration of what happens to an RAF Communications centre when radar and electrical equipment is not properly maintained. An RAF officer addresses the camera, takes a tour of the Metropolitan Vickers factory in Trafford Park, and explains the need for accuracy in the construction and maintenance of electrical equipment. | |||
| [HOLIDAY SCENES AND ARMY OFFICER] | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 4336 | |||
| Scenes from Siddall family holiday in 1943 - views of an open air swimming pool and a boating pool. The family walk along the sea front and the children enjoy a donkey ride and play on the beach. Brief shots of a young man in army uniform conclude. | |||
| [PHYSICAL EXERCISES, MOTORCYCLE DISPLAY TEAM AND VINTAGE FIRE ENGINES] | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 6200 | |||
| Scenes in Avenham Park, Preston, during Safety Week, July 1943. A demonstration of physical exercise and gymnastics is followed by a motorcycle display team doing various stunts. Members of the National Fire Service are seen demonstrating vintage and modern firefighting equipment. | |||
| SAFETY WEEK 10-17 JULY 1943 | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 6202 | |||
| Scenes from Preston's Safety Week, organised by the Accident Prevention Committee. Posters and bus adverts are seen on the streets of Preston and the Transport Minister visits the Lancashire Constabulary's skid pan at Hutton. In Avenham Park there is a march past and dancing display by local children, followed by demonstrations of different causes of road accidents including stepping off a moving bus and playing in the road. Speeches are made by the Mayor and the Minister and the film ends with the Royal Corps of Signals give a demonstration of their work, including the use of pigeons. | |||
| [PRESTON POLICE DRILL TRAINING] | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 6203 | |||
| A group of policemen are filmed practising marching in formation at Preston Cattle Market during World War II. Following inspection by a senior officer there are shots of the men smoking and talking next to a police van. Members of Preston Borough Police Sports Club are seen playing bowls. | |||
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| [POLICE DRILL TRAINING IN PRESTON] | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 6213 | |||
| A group of Special Police Constables are seen practising marching in formation in Preston cattle market during World War II. | |||
| [JUNE MILLER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY, 1943] | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 6222 | |||
| Scenes from June Miller's birthday party - games are played in the garden and the children enjoy a birthday tea indoors. The children are seen wearing paper hats, playing on a slide and in the garden again. | |||
| SOME OF THE WARTIME ACTIVITIES OF HARRY MASON & SONS LTD OPEN STORAGE | |||
| Date: *1943 Film Number: 6614 | |||
| Views of the wartime Rosin open storage site near Bolton being prepared by heavy vehicles moving earth, followed by large bales of cotton being stacked on brick platforms and covered by tarpaulins. Large metal drums are next seen being unloaded from lorries before a fire-fighting practice takes place on the site, presided over by the visiting Colonel Lyon. Divisional Officer Bentley awards prizes and delivers a speech to competitors and there is a final shot of the brothers Harry, Will, Tom and Jim Mason posing for the camera. | |||
| [SLINGSBY FALCON 1 GLIDER, FEB 1943] | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 8432 | |||
| Footage of a Slingsby Falcon 1 Glider modified to take off from the water, 1943. The film begins with the sea plane being wheeled out of the warehouse and inspected by a group on the lake side. This cuts to scenic wide shots of the vessel on the water with the surrounding landscape of the Lake District; we then see the plane taking off from the water and flying low before landing back down. | |||
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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. | |||
| COTTON BLOSSOMS | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 6033 | |||
| Film about the production of cotton and fabric in Bury and Lancashire during World War II. Includes a brief history of the origins of the industry in Lancashire; cotton being grown, harvested and baled in the USA; and cotton arriving, being sorted, graded and then transported to Bury by rail. Mill processes - including carding, mule and ring spinning, dying and weaving - are all shown in detail, and there are views of the kitchens, boiler room and maintenance department. A lunchtime concert is held in the staff canteen, and the nursery is also seen. An explanation of how waste cotton can be turned into cloth is followed by views of office and clerical staff, and different kinds of cotton products - both war and peacetime - are seen. The film ends with a look to the future and introduces some new innovations, such as modern weaving sheds, automatic looms, a Works Council, first-aid provision and new training methods for recruits. 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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| [JOHN MARSHALL BARKER AND BLACKPOOL 1944] | |||
| Date: 1943-4 Film Number: 3792 | |||
| Compilation of footage of John Marshall Barker Scarr and his sister Patricia Anne. John is seen in his pram, being bottle-fed by his sister, sitting in a deck-chair with his grandma (Marsha Butterworth) and being towed around the garden behind Patricia Anne's tricycle. There are shots of a trip to Blackpool, Christmas at home, John's second birthday and the children playing in a snowy back garden. | |||
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| [INDIA PART 1 - HMS GARUDA] | |||
| Date: 1943-45 Film Number: 8868 | |||
| Scenes at HMS Garuda Naval Station near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu in wartime, including a parade of inspection, leisure time at the beach, everyday tasks, and even a wedding. There is also footage of life in rural India - local people, farming and the landscape. | |||
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