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Record 340 – 359 of 459
| [VICTORY DECORATIONS AND ILLUMINATIONS] | |||
| Date: 1945 Film Number: 6204 | |||
| Underexposed views of the decorations and illuminations in Preston to celebrate the end of World War II. Also brief views of the Miller's house decorations. | |||
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| [PRESTON VICTORY PARADE] | |||
| Date: 1945 Film Number: 6205 | |||
| Scenes from Preston's Victory Parade celebrating the end of World War II. Servicemen and scouts are seen parading through the streets of Preston, saluting various dignitaries as they pass by. | |||
| [PRESTON VICTORY PARADE; BOATING SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1945 Film Number: 6206 | |||
| Scenes from Preston's Victory Parade celebrating the end of World War II. Servicemen and scouts are seen saluting various dignitaries as they pass by. June Graham is seen in a boat on a lake with her sister Diane and playing on the lawn of a large house. | |||
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| HEROES OF THE R.O.F. | |||
| Date: 1945 Film Number: 6264 | |||
| Footage of presentation of George Medals to Royal Ordnance Factory employees involved in the 15th September 1944 explosion at Kirkby. Speeches are made and medals are awarded in the factory canteen, then there are shots of the recipients outside. | |||
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| CALLING BLIGHTY NO. 299 | |||
| Date: 1945 Film Number: 5688 | |||
| Men serving in India send personal messages home to their loved ones in and around Manchester. The film opens with three men taking turns to deliver their messages in front of a temple, before further groups of contributors take their turns around the grounds. Ends with the men approaching the camera in pairs, waving and saying their goodbyes as music plays in the background. | |||
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| CALLING BLIGHTY NO. 311 | |||
| Date: 1945 Film Number: 5689 | |||
| From a film studio set in Bombay, men serving in India send personal messages home to their loved ones in Manchester and the North West of England. In the opening scenes, pairs of men sit at tables and deliver their messages one by one, straight to camera. Further contributors appear around different parts of the ‘mess room’ set. The film ends with the group seated at tables, waving and saying cheerio as the camera quickly pans round the room and music plays. | |||
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| CALLING BLIGHTY NO. 361 | |||
| Date: 1945 Film Number: 5691 | |||
| On leave in Malabar Hill in Bombay, servicemen send personal messages home to their loved ones in Manchester, Salford and elsewhere in the North West. The men approach the camera in pairs and threes to deliver their messages straight to camera in a garden setting. The film ends with the men walking to the camera in pairs to say their goodbyes as music plays in the background. | |||
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| [FAMILY IN THE GARDEN, BABIES AND VE DAY] | |||
| Date: 1945 Film Number: 7889 | |||
| Burdekin family members are seen in the garden with a baby and a rabbit. Shots of babies in prams outside the house with family members surrounding them. Ends with the family stood outside celebrating VE day. | |||
| [VE DAY CELEBRATIONS] | |||
| Date: 1945 Film Number: 8384 | |||
| The film opens on a close up of the The Daily Telegraph's VE Day front page followed by a still of Winston Churchill. The film cuts to Smokey the cat being held by Mrs. Hughes outside the family home. Bunting and flags decorate the Ship Inn pub. The family later attend a bonfire, children can be seen playing with fireworks. In the next scene, a mock "Hitler" can be seen in a coffin with a sign that reads 'He's Had It'. Back at home, Mrs. Hughes enjoys breakfast in bed and shows the camera a Christmas card. Out on the street, children can be seen playing hopscotch together. The family go for a walk along the canal towpath. The film ends with scenes of a group of young people sat on a bench and going for a walk in the woods. | |||
| [BEWDLEY AND START OF POWNALL HALL SPORTS] | |||
| Date: 1945 Film Number: 7799 | |||
| Footage of the Brickhill family at the elder Brickhills home, Bewdley in Alderly Edge, as well as their home in Cheshire, and scenes of Pownall School Sports Day, 1945. The film begins with scenes of young David and his grandparents in their garden with their pet Jack Russell. This is followed by brief shots of goat kids in a stall on a farm then David racing his mother in the garden and getting a piggyback ride from his father. At Pownall School we see various races - including an obstacle and three-legged - then the awarding of the Sports Day prizes and trophies. More Sports day events are shown - including the sack race and the fathers tug-o-war - intercut with shots of David playing in the garden with a bulldog puppy. | |||
| 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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| MALPAS 1945 [AND 1946] | |||
| Date: 1945/6 Film Number: 7773 | |||
| A huge selection of scenes including the Malpas village in snow, bee keeping, horse jumping and kids playing tug of war. some wedding footage followed by motor cycle races. Chester musical festival is seen and a few clips from a trip to London. The King and Queen also make a visit the home district where they are clearly seen on the walk around. | |||
| [GARDEN SCENES, HOLIDAYS IN LLANDUDNO AND SCARBOROUGH] | |||
| Date: 1945-48 Film Number: 7187 | |||
| The Hodkinson family relaxing at home and on holiday. Family members are pictured in their front and back gardens doing a variety of activities such as setting up deckchairs, riding a bike, trying out a model railway, blowing bubbles, playing with pets and gardening. After a newspaper headline declares the end of the war, a man runs a union jack flag up a pole attached to his garage. Also features holiday scenes from Llandudno and Scarborough. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [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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| [TRAINING EXERCISES] | |||
| Date: *1945/53 Film Number: 814 | |||
| Army training exercises, including various attempts to get into a building through a first floor window - ropes and teamwork; shots of ruined buildings. A show in the park - tents, a dog show, pony and trap, shire horses and show jumping, a gymnastic display and self defence demonstration. | |||
| 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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| CALLING BLIGHTY NO.246 | |||
| Date: 1946 Film Number: 624 | |||
| Servicemen from Moston, Salford and Atherton gather at Penang racecourse to send their messages home. They march towards the camera singing, 'It's a long way to Piccadilly', as the narrator bids 'Cheerio Manchester'. | |||
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| [DIGGLE VILLAGE VICTORY CELEBRATIONS] | |||
| Date: 1946 Film Number: 10684 | |||
| A parade in celebration of victory in WW2 by the villgers of Diggle with brass bands, cub scouts, children in fancy dress with floats and a Highland pipers band. The film ends with the Rose Queen being crowned and the fancy dress contestants being held up to the crowd of spectators. | |||
| BRITAIN TODAY | |||
| Date: *1946-47 Film Number: 1454 | |||
| This film illustrates Britain's return to prosperity after the depression. It features brief sequences filmed in each of the major industrial cities - Manchester represents the cotton industry with shots of Piccadilly, Manchester docks and trams. Blackpool also features, with shots of crowded beaches and fairground rides. | |||
| [HOME GUARD AND NATIVITY PLAY] | |||
| Date: c1949 Film Number: 4338 | |||
| Two women cycling along a country lane and followed by children playing in a garden. Two men in Home Guard uniforms stand outside a suburban house and there are scenes from Winnington Methodist Church's Sunday School Nativity play. | |||
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