Record 432 – 451 of 451
| PALESTINE LIVES - SEVENTH SESSION | |||
| Date: 1987 Film Number: 7685 | |||
| The seventh of ten sessions of a season of Palestinian films, talks and discussions, held at WFA Media and Cultural Centre in Manchester and entitled 'Israel's Iron Fist Policy in the Occupied Territories', with speaker Dr Salim Sakakini, a Palestinian and member of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC). Salim speaks about the extent of this policy to encompass every aspect of life, economic, social, political, cultural. He identifies the three main aspects of the policy as being land grabbing and settlement building; silencing any opposition and blocking the capacity for any group to emerge to negotiate; and the economic integration of Palestine with Israel and the use of Palestinians as low waged and discriminated workers. His talk is followed by questions and contributions from the floor [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| PALESTINE: EL FANOON (TRANSLATED VERSION) PART 1 | |||
| Date: 1987 Film Number: 7700 | |||
| A film about the Palestinian cultural group, El Fanoon, who are committed to preserving the musical and dance heritage of the Palestinian people and which was filmed in Palestine shortly before the Intifada in 1987. The film shows them engaged in a number of different activities; investigating Palestinian songs and music with Palestinian villagers, discussing the history and development of El Fanoon, working together to devise their performance and then performing to a large audience. The film has a voice over translation from Palestinian into English. Towards the end are photographic stills of Palestinian struggle with a musical backing. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| PALESTINE: EL FANOON (TRANSLATED VERSION) PART 2 | |||
| Date: 1987 Film Number: 7701 | |||
| A film about the Palestinian cultural group, El Fanoon, who are committed to preserving the musical and dance heritage of the Palestinian people and which was filmed in Palestine shortly before the Intifada in 1987. The film shows them performing to a large audience with a diverse programme of songs, instrumentals and dance. The film has a voice over translation from Palestinian into English. Towards the end are photographic stills of the Palestinian struggle with a musical backing. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| PALESTINE: EL FANOON (SUBTITLED VERSION) PART 1 | |||
| Date: 1987 Film Number: 7702 | |||
| A film about the Palestinian cultural group, El Fanoon, who are committed to preserving the musical and dance heritage of the Palestinian people and which was filmed in Palestine shortly before the Intifada in 1987. The film shows them engaged in a number of different activities; investigating Palestinian songs and music with Palestinian villagers, discussing the history and development of El Fanoon, working together to devise their performance and then performing to a large audience. The film is subtitled in English. Towards the end are photographic stills of the Palestinian struggle with a musical backing. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| PALESTINE: EL FANOON (SUBTITLED VERSION) PART 2 | |||
| Date: 1987 Film Number: 7703 | |||
| A film about the Palestinian cultural group, El Fanoon, who are committed to preserving the musical and dance heritage of the Palestinian people and which was filmed in Palestine shortly before the Intifada in 1987. The film shows them performing to a large audience with a diverse programme of songs, instrumentals and dance. The film is subtitles in English. Towards the end there is footage of Palestinians in street fighting with Israeli soldiers. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| PALESTINE: EL FANOON (ARABIC) PART 1 | |||
| Date: 1987 Film Number: 7704 | |||
| A full Arabic version of a film about the Palestinian cultural group, El Fanoon, who are committed to preserving the musical and dance heritage of the Palestinian people and which was filmed in Palestine shortly before the Intifada in 1987. The film shows them engaged in a number of different activities; investigating Palestinian songs and music with Palestinian villagers, discussing the history and development of El Fanoon, working together to devise their performance and then performing to a large audience. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| PALESTINE: EL FANOON (ARABIC) PART 2 | |||
| Date: 1987 Film Number: 7705 | |||
| A full Arabic version of a film about the Palestinian cultural group, El Fanoon, who are committed to preserving the musical and dance heritage of the Palestinian people and which was filmed in Palestine shortly before the Intifada in 1987. The film shows them performing to a large audience with a diverse programme of songs, instrumentals and dance. There are Arabic titles at the end. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| MANCHESTER MARTYRS MARCH | |||
| Date: 1989 Film Number: 7740 | |||
| Film of the annual Manchester Martyrs march to commemorate the execution in Salford Gaol of William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O'Brien in 1867. In the course of freeing fellow Fenians from a police van a policeman was killed. The marchers congregate at Longsight Market and police liaise with organisers as the preparations take place - erecting banners, Manchester Martyrs Commemoration 1867-1989 banner, etc. March sets out along Dickenson Rd and into Wilmslow Rd, Rusholme with a very strong police presence. The Brendan Convery Flute Band plays Irish music and there are many banners. Some street scuffles with right-wing opponents as the march progresses. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| MANCHESTER MARTYRS MARCH - RALLY | |||
| Date: 1989 Film Number: 7741 | |||
| Film of the rally at St Brendans Hall, Old Trafford following the annual Manchester Martyrs march to commemorate the execution in Salford Gaol of William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O'Brien in 1867. In the course of freeing fellow Fenians from a police van a policeman was killed. The rally starts with a welcome from Pete and then followed by a speech from Arthur, representing the Birmingham Six who were falsely accused of the Birmingham pub bombings in 1975 and who were under life sentences. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| MANCHESTER MARTYRS MARCH - RALLY & SPEAKERS | |||
| Date: 1989 Film Number: 7742 | |||
| Film of the rally at St Brendans Hall, Old Trafford following the annual Manchester Martyrs march to commemorate the execution in Salford Gaol of William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O'Brien in 1867. In the course of freeing fellow Fenians from a police van a policeman was killed. The second speaker at the rally, Arthur concludes his speech about the Birmingham Six and is followed by a speaker from the Woolwich Three and Guildford Four campaigns. Followed by a speaker from 20/20 Vision, commemorating the 20th anniversary of British Troops returning to Ireland; Mukhtar Dar speaks about the parallels between Pakistan and Ireland; and Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) gives a message of solidarity before a statement is read from Sinn Fein. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| MANCHESTER MARTYRS MARCH - RED ACTION & IRISH REPUBLICAN SOCIALIST PARTY | |||
| Date: 1989 Film Number: 7743 | |||
| Film of the rally at St Brendans Hall, Old Trafford following the annual Manchester Martyrs march to commemorate the execution in Salford Gaol of William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O'Brien in 1867. In the course of freeing fellow Fenians from a police van a policeman was killed. Following a number of speakers, Pete the chair makes a special presentation to Red Action for their support followed by a message on behalf of Viraj Mendez, fighting a deportation case and in sanctuary at the Ascension Church in Hulme. Finally, a representative of the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) speaks. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| MANCHESTER MARTYRS MARCH - END OF RALLY | |||
| Date: 1989 Film Number: 7744 | |||
| Film of the rally at St Brendans Hall, Old Trafford following the annual Manchester Martyrs march to commemorate the execution in Salford Gaol of William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O'Brien in 1867. In the course of freeing fellow Fenians from a police van a policeman was killed. Following a number of speakers, a representative of the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) speaks. The Brendan Convery Flute Band play a final piece and the meeting disbands. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| WAR BABES | |||
| Date: 2002 Film Number: 7400 | |||
| Student documentary in which three women remember their wartime experiences, with their interviews illustrated with archive footage and embellished by songs and music of the era. Barbara Kemp recalls her time in the Women's Land Army and Marion Grimshaw remembers her work as a railway porter, munitions factory worker and bus conductor. Dorothy Hirst talks about joining the Women's Junior Air Corps and meeting her future husband at the local dance. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| AN EMIGRANT'S TALE | |||
| Date: 2005 Film Number: 6779 | |||
| A short documentary film describing how the Cherian family emigrated from India to the North West of England, via Singapore, during the mid Twentieth Century. Philip and Elizabeth Cherian describe their childhood in Singapore and explain how their father was imprisoned there by the Japanese during World War II. Includes extracts of archival footage featuring the state of Kerala in India and Changi village in Singapore. | |||
| [PAUL CRONE D-DAY INTERVIEWS - BOB STOODLEY] | |||
| Date: 2019 Film Number: 9282 | |||
| Paul Crone interviews World War II veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Bob Stoodley, aged 95 from High Peak near Stockport, recounts his role as part of the 22nd Independent Pathfinders on June 6th, 1944. They parachuted into Normandy a full hour ahead of the main airborne assault and six hours before the amphibious troops landed on the beaches. Their mission was to seize the drop zones and set up radio beacons and signal lanterns to bring Allied aircraft onto the target areas. Stoodley was one of the first 10 men to land in occupied France on D-Day. His mission was hugely successful and his special echo beacon brought in a third of the parachute landings, around 2,000 men. He was captured after being injured and remained a POW until VE Day, May 8th, 1945. | |||
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| [PAUL CRONE D-DAY INTERVIEWS - DENIS ROSE] | |||
| Date: 2019 Film Number: 9283 | |||
| Paul Crone interviews World War II veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Denis Rose, aged 93 from West Kirby on the Wirral, recounts events from his time with the Royal Navy. Aboard the Queens Cross tug, his job on D-Day was to tow part of Mulberry Harbour across the Channel to Arromanches in Normandy. | |||
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| [PAUL CRONE D-DAY INTERVIEWS - GEORGE SIMMS] | |||
| Date: 2019 Film Number: 9284 | |||
| Paul Crone interviews World War II veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. George Simms, aged 95 from Ardwick, Manchester, was a Royal Marine with 41 Commando and landed on Sword Beach in a landing craft on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. He was eventually wounded in the shoulder and lay on the beach all night before being taken back to England the next day. | |||
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| [PAUL CRONE D-DAY INTERVIEWS - HECTOR DUFF] | |||
| Date: 2019 Film Number: 9285 | |||
| Paul Crone interviews World War II veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Hector Duff, aged 99 from the parish of Onchan on the Isle of Man, served with the Royal Tank Regiment of the 5th Infantry Division which landed on Gold Beach, Normandy on June 6th 1944. Hector was just 19 when he was called up, and had already fought in North Africa where he won the Military Medal. On D-Day the Americans were to his right landing on Omaha Beach and to his left were the Canadians landing on Juno Beach. Here he recounts his experiences and looks through old photos. | |||
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| [PAUL CRONE D-DAY INTERVIEWS - JACK CUNNANE] | |||
| Date: 2019 Film Number: 9286 | |||
| Paul Crone interviews World War II veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Jack Cunnane, aged 95 from Bury, landed with REME (Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) on Sword Beach on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. His vital role with the recovery trucks was to keep tanks, jeeps and moving military equipment in working condition once they had landed on the beach. Many wouldn’t start because of sea water in the engines. He spent all day under constant fire repairing vehicles, eventually being hit by shrapnel and then told he wouldn’t walk again. Jack’s war continued until VE Day, May 8th, 1945 in Northern Germany. | |||
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| LOST CONNECTIONS | |||
| Date: 2021 Film Number: 12285 | |||
| A short film that offers a poetic response to the experience of the Coronavirus pandemic. Made possible through a unique UK-wide collaboration of national and regional publicly-funded film archives, Lost Connections draws on a century of archive footage that invites reflections on loss, loneliness, isolation, and expressions of desire, optimism, hope, and renewal. The film won the 2022 Focal International Award for Best Use of Footage in a Short Film Production. From the collections of East Anglian Film Archive London’s Screen Archives Media Archive for Central England at University of Lincoln National Library of Scotland National Library of Wales Screen and Sound Archive North East Film Archive Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University Screen Archive South East SWFTA Collection, The Box Plymouth Wessex Film and Sound Archive Yorkshire Film Archive Written and Edited by Andy Burns Written and Narrated by Hussina Raja Executive Producers Graham Relton, Sue Howard, Frank Gray Commissioned by Film Hub North on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network | |||
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