Record 21 – 37 of 37
| TRAVEL BY NORTH WESTERN ROAD CAR CO. AND RIBBLE JOINT SERVICE TO BLACKPOOL | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 1163 | |||
| The Preston family on holiday in Blackpool. Includes high angle shots from the top of Blackpool tower; bathers and spectators at an outdoor swimming pool; beach activities - including a Punch and Judy Show and a shot of an oyster stall. Further scenes include close-up shots of a Leyland bus - destination Blackpool - and travelling shots filmed along the promenade, from the top deck of an open tram. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
|
|
||
| GLENGARRY TOPICAL FILM No. 18 | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 1179 | |||
| Local newsreel events feature the re-opening of the ladies swimming baths at Stockport on June 7th 1934. Includes shots of a synchronised swimming display. The Mayoress, Mrs Coupe, presents prizes to the winners of the various swimming races. Further items include scenes of Alderley Edge Carnival; Sir Alan Cobham's Air Pageant at Woodford Aerodrome on June 23rd 1934 and shots of a new swimming pool at New Brighton. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] 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/ | |||
|
|
| ||
| JULY 16TH 1935. THE LATE KING'S SILVER JUBILEE REVIEW OF THE FLEET AT SPITHEAD | |||
| Date: 1935 Film Number: 1892 | |||
| The late King's Silver Jubilee Review of the fleet at Spithead, on July 16th 1935. Various naval vessels parade past the camera including shots of submarines, destroyers, dreadnoughts, cruisers, steamships and the royal yacht 'Victoria and Albert'. | |||
|
|
|
||
| [DYSON AND HORSFALL XMAS ORDERS] | |||
| Date: 1938 Film Number: 7766 | |||
| Scenes at a mail-order firm, Dyson & Horsfall Ltd of Preston, as they get ready for Christmas 1938 - deliveries arrive at the firm's base at Aqueduct Mill, and women are seen assembling products and orders. Men pack boxes in the warehouse, and there are scenes in the offices, with filing and people making telephone calls. 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/ | |||
|
|
| ||
| CALLING BLIGHTY NO. 183 | |||
| Date: 1944 Film Number: 621 | |||
| Members of the RAF stand in the goal mouth of a football pitch, and send messages home. Each man introduces the next. At the end, they march towards the camera, waving, as the narrator mentions their home towns of Preston, Blackburn, Rochdale, Wigan and Bolton. | |||
|
|
|
||
| CALLING BLIGHTY NO. 210 | |||
| Date: c1945 Film Number: 5683 | |||
| Men from the RAF and Royal Navy serving in Burma send messages home to their loved ones in and around the Manchester area. The film opens in a camp outside a war-damaged ‘Talbot House’ in which airmen take turns to deliver their messages straight to camera. Further callers appear in an overgrown ‘monastery garden’, in front of a bridge, and on a beach. The last three men walk away from the camera towards the sea and wave as a voiceover says ‘cheerio... to your boys in Burma’. | |||
|
|
|
||
| THE PRIME MINISTER, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WINSTON S. CHURCHILL VISITS FULWOOD AND PRESTON, 27TH JUNE 1945 | |||
| Date: 1945 Film Number: 6143 | |||
| Visit by Winston Churchill to Preston on 27 June 1945. Crowds line the streets to greet him, and he visits the Conservative Working Men's Club before addressing the crowds outside of the Harris Free Library in Preston. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
|
|
|
| |
| [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/ | |||
|
|
|
| |
| [BOAT TRIPS FROM PRESTON DOCKS TO ANGLESEY] | |||
| Date: *1947-9 Film Number: 8478 | |||
| A group of men take a trip onboard the fishing boat the Charles Maciver from Preston Docks to Anglesey and back again. After leaving the docks fishermen haul in their catch and pass various other ships. They then return to Anglesey, this time in colour. | |||
|
|
|||
| [STEEL SCRAP DRIVES IN BOLTON, PRESTON AND LIVERPOOL 1952] | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 4703 | |||
| Film featuring steel scrap drives in April and May 1952 - in Bolton, vans are seen collecting scrap from a council estate and taking it to the scrap yard; in Preston, further scenes of collecting from households and the town crier promoting the event in the town centre. In Liverpool, men are seen digging up tram lines, and there are views of posters in the window of the National Savings Centre as well as the Anglican Cathedral, the ferries on the Mersey and the entrance to the Queensway Tunnel. 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/ | |||
|
|
|
| |
| [RAILWAY SCENES - WILMSLOW] | |||
| Date: c1959 Film Number: 1175 | |||
| The film begins with travelling shots of a train's journey from Wilmslow station to Manchester London Road (Piccadilly). Workmen carry out construction work on a new railway bridge. Includes various shots of steam trains, diesel locomotives and goods trains moving along the tracks. Maintenance work is also carried out on the railway during the winter month. 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/ [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
|
|
| ||
| [GARY'S CHRISTENING] | |||
| Date: c1961 Film Number: 5644 | |||
| Baby Gary is seen with a midwife at home, then with his mother and grandparents being bottle fed and in the garden in his pram. The Thompson family leave the house for his Christening at St Aidan's with exteriors of the church. Back at home the party to celebrate Gary's Christening is shown with a table laden with party food and guests eating. 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/ | |||
|
|
| ||
| [GARY'S 1ST CHRISTMAS] | |||
| Date: c1961 Film Number: 5645 | |||
| Baby Gary is seen on the sofa, being fed, drinking a bottle and playing with his new toys during his first Christmas. 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/ | |||
|
|
| ||
| LANCASHIRE | |||
| Date: 1963 Film Number: 611 | |||
| This film describes how the industries of Lancashire and its nearness to good means of communication, including the Manchester Ship Canal, have helped towards the country's prosperity. There are shots of locally grown produce on sale in a market (Preston), and the places of recreation and leisure for the county's population are seen - especially Blackpool. | |||
|
|
|
||
| [GARY -STUART] | |||
| Date: c1964 Film Number: 5647 | |||
| Baby Stuart is seen holding hands with his mother and brother Gary, then sat in a 'child' seat in the family car. Scenes of a vintage car rally, then Gary is seen in a balaclava pushing Stuart in his push chair on the prom (possibly Blackpool). Gary and Stuart in their playpen in the back yard at home - Gary fires a water pistol directly at the camera. 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/ | |||
|
|
| ||
| OLD ENGLISH CRAFTS [EXTRACTS - BRUSH MAKING, CHARCOAL BURNING, CORN DOLLY MAKER, OAT CAKE MAKING, TADLEY RAKE MAKER] | |||
| Date: 1963-64/68-70/73 Film Number: 5162 | |||
| Compilation of extracts from five of Sam Hanna's craft films. In 'Brush Making', a craftsman dips bristles in boiling pitch, binds them and inserts them into the brush head. 'Charcoal Burning' sees Jack and Bill Allonby building a stack of timber in Grizedale Forest to prepare a traditional charcoal burn. In 'Corn Dolly Maker' Bob Scott weaves a corn dolly at his home near Preston. 'Oat Cake Making' shows Mr & Mrs Slater preparing and 'throwing' oat cakes, and Edith Hanna serving them to children. Finally in 'Tadley Rake Maker', Ernest Sims creates a Hampshire rake using traditional tools. For more information about this film-maker, and to view other films made by him, please visit the Sam Hanna section of the North West Film Archive website by pasting the following link into your browser- http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/sam_hanna_collection.html | |||
|
|
|||
| AN OLD WIVES TALE | |||
| Date: 1972 Film Number: 2299 | |||
| Film to promote relocation to Central Lancashire. Two genteel ladies, a mother and her daughter, are seen discussing the horrors of the slum-ridden, rain drenched cultureless North. A man interjects and is heard dispelling the various myths about the North. The voice over is illustrated by footage of Preston, Chorley and Leyland as well as of Manchester, Liverpool and Southport. Housing , leisure, shopping, sport, education, entertainment and transport options are all featured. The two women are completely won over. The man tries to dissuade the mother from coming to the North, he is seen running along a railway line into the distance, his arms waving frantically, as the film finishes. | |||
|
|
|
||
| Record 21 – 37 of 37 | First | Previous | ||