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| LIVERPOOL CORPORATION ELECTRIC SUPPLY DEPARTMENT AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS | |||
| Date: 1937-9 Film Number: 5781 | |||
| A hive of activity at Lister Drive Power Station, Liverpool as men are seen assembling gas masks. A group of policemen and vehicles are seen outside the building, and boxes of finished gas masks are stacked in the warehouse. Workmen are seen constructing a new roadway for 'extra traffic.' More scenes of gas mask assembly, windows in Clarence Dock Power Station are bricked up and the film ends with views of the Lewis Gun Post on the annexe roof and work to reinforce the roof. | |||
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| A MEANS TO AN END | |||
| Date: 1937-40 Film Number: 8412 | |||
| A compilation of scenes taken from (or perhaps did not make the cut) other films made by Warrington Cine Society. Includes footage of the boys of St. George's Home for Boys which was run by the Waif and Strays society. The boys and staff were evacuated to Pont-y-Pant in North Wales in 1939. Also includes footage from their annual summer camp in Lledr Valley. The reel ends with footage of the 1937 Empire Air Day. | |||
| [SEVERAL WEDDINGS] | |||
| Date: *1937-42 Film Number: 3629 | |||
| Scenes from six weddings, Joan Haighton to Norman Shaw, Katherine Haighton to Norman Pattinson, Sam Haighton to Elizabeth and Derek Cornes to Gertrude. Includes views of the guests leaving church, each Bride and Groom posing for the camera and the guests milling around. Also a reception at the Spread Eagle Inn, Sawley with the bride shown cutting the cake. Further scenes of Doreen Hindley's wedding follow. | |||
| [FLEETWOOD SCENES AND OPEN AIR POOL] | |||
| Date: 1937-42 Film Number: 7299 | |||
| Short compilation of coastal footage featuring a group of adults walking along a seafront towards the camera, the Fleetwood to Knott End ferry setting off, donkey rides on a beach (possibly near Fleetwood Pier) and underexposed scenes from an open air pool. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| BLACKPOOL'S NEWS-REEL | |||
| Date: 1937 - 53 Film Number: 484 | |||
| Mayor's procession; North Pier fire; Stanley Park Gala; Indian Pavilion fire, Pleasure Beach; ARP fire display; heavy snowfall; AFS unit at practise; Bailey Bridge; Winston Churchill; V.E. Day street party; Baines Grammar School sports; Mayor's Parade; inter-school sports; return of Blackpool F.C. after winning Cup Final. | |||
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| [A.R.P. AND A.F.S. TRAINING] | |||
| Date: *1937-9/44 Film Number: 6117 | |||
| Members of the Turton Auxiliary Fire Service are seen training in fire fighting techniques and putting out a burning derelict building. ARP wardens practice first aid, collecting casualties and taking them to hospital. Gas mask training is also seen and the film concludes with exterior views of a territorial army recruitment office. | |||
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| [WARTIME SCENES - LYTHAM ST. ANNES] | |||
| Date: *1937-39/49 Film Number: 2269 | |||
| Opens with electioneering footage in Lytham. Cars and houses adorned with placards are seen in the vicinity of a polling station. Continues with footage of the sea front before shots of a visit by Queen Elizabeth. She is seen being greeted by civic dignitaries before being driven off watched by crowds. The Auxiliary Fire Service is seen training and on parade in a variety of other Lytham locations. The AFS, along with many other civic and military groups, are seen in a procession before the film closes with a fire fighting display | |||
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| FIREFIGHTERS IN THE MAKING | |||
| Date: *1937/8/40 Film Number: 4219 | |||
| Film about the Blackpool Fire Brigade - the film opens with views of the control room receiving a call and the fire engines leaving the station. There then follows the various training exercises practised by the fireman - there is a demonstration of the Longworth Safety Line; gas mask and respirator drill; and ladder and rescue practice. The firemen are also seen cleaning the fire engine and equipment, and testing the water pumps. | |||
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| [FARM SCENES AND CHILDREN PLAYING] | |||
| Date: 1937-45 Film Number: 1584 | |||
| Footage from Free Green Farm, near Knutsford, features children playing, farm workers, animals and shots of the surrounding countryside. Ends with camping scenes and children seen playing in a stream. Probably at Plasnewydd, Wales. | |||
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| [SCENES FROM A FARM, ANGLESEY HOLIDAY AND SNOW SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1937-46 Film Number: 1585 | |||
| Footage from a variety of farms and houses in the countryside. Children are seen playing in a garden with dogs, ferrets, lambs and horses. There is also footage of children on a beach and amongst sand dunes on Anglesey. Ends with children approaching a house through snow. | |||
| "OLD CHINA" | |||
| Date: *1937/9/42/4/6 Film Number: 7130 | |||
| Short film starring George Wain and Gladys McIlwraith as a couple going to buy a house, who are told the story of the willow pattern by an antiques dealer - this story is shown as an animation. 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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| CONTINENTAL TOUR 1938 | |||
| Date: *1937/46 Film Number: 678 | |||
| A family holiday abroad - a car is loaded onto the ferry; a shot of a road sign to Lausanne; general views of lakes and mountains; another road sign for Montreaux, followed by town buildings and a square; views of Swiss architecture, woods and a glacier, a ferry out at sea and a lighthouse. | |||
| GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS No. 458 & 459 | |||
| Date: 1938 Film Number: 14 | |||
| Reel 1: Air raid drill at Nottingham. Collision on London Underground. Royal tour of Lancashire; the King and Queen visit Nelson, Burnley, Accrington, Blackburn, Preston, Blackpool and Manchester. Reel 2: Royal tour of Lancashire; Warrington, Widnes, Liverpool, Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale and Oldham. | |||
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| [MORTON FAMILY FILM] | |||
| Date: c1938 Film Number: 332 | |||
| Amateur film, in colour, of Knutsford May Day Fair - a fairground, the parade, and Maypole dancing. Second section, in black and white, of the family in the garden, children on a see-saw, and the women and children demonstrating gas masks. | |||
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| ROYAL VISIT. KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH VISIT OLDHAM 20 MAY 1938 | |||
| Date: 1938 Film Number: 700 | |||
| A Royal Visit to Oldham - the Mayor, Mayoress and leading citizens are presented to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The King inspects the guard of honour, and the Queen chats to ex-servicemen, some in wheelchairs. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [GALA DAY/ARMISTICE DAY COMMEMORATION SERVICE 1938] | |||
| Date: 1938 Film Number: 861 | |||
| Bolton British Legion, St. Bedes Branch - gala day and crowning of the rose queen, Miss MJ Crompton; procession including morris dancers and pipe band; the crowning ceremony. Armistice Day service - parade to St. Bedes Parish Church, Morris Green. In the background posters are seen advertising films at the Rialto and Hippodrome. | |||
| TOPICAL EVENTS AND WHO'S WHO | |||
| Date: 1938 Film Number: 865 | |||
| People, places and events - includes shots of named individuals - Major RK Spurrell; Lieut. FJ Wild; Dr. HN Savage; J O'Niell and J Blackwell. Sports day at Fulwood Barracks - track events and pole vaulting; prizegivings. A further visit to Fulwood Barracks - on the rifle range. | |||
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| THE EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENTAL ASSN (BOLTON BRANCH) PRESENTS THE REGIMENTAL PICTORIAL REVIEW OUR TRIP - TO SWANSEA FOR THE 9th BATTALION REUNION SEPT 3rd 1938 | |||
| Date: 1938 Film Number: 880 | |||
| A group from the Bolton branch of the East Lancashire Regimental Association visit Swansea - a picnic by the roadside; having a drink at the Rock and Fountain Inn; at the reunion dinner; early morning ablutions - the men shave in the open air; shots of the campsite and surrounding landscape. | |||
| WE BID GOODBYE TO LT.COL. LH TWIST D.S.O.M.C. | |||
| Date: c1938 Film Number: 886 | |||
| Farewell to Lt. Col. LH Twist - a group of men at the railway station. Parade to the war memorial and wreath laying ceremony. British Legion Swansea trip - group shots in a garden. | |||
| EUROPE AS WE SAW IT JUNE 1938 [1] | |||
| Date: 1938 Film Number: 3812 | |||
| Scenes from a touring holiday across Europe in 1938, including Baden-Baden, the Dolomites and Venice. | |||
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