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| [CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1969 Film Number: 1303 | |||
| The Thorley Family playing in the garden outside their bungalow. Includes shots of the television screen displaying the moon landings and a family trip to Jodrell Bank [?]. | |||
| ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE | |||
| Date: 1969 Film Number: 1363 | |||
| Film about Salford Rugby League Club's appearance versus Castleford in the 1969 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley. Includes the fans and players departing for London, scenes from the match (which Salford lost), the post match reception and return to Manchester and then Salford. | |||
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| THE MAKING OF A MAYOR - THE CITY OF SALFORD 1969 | |||
| Date: 1969 Film Number: 1364 | |||
| The election of a mayor for Salford in 1969. Following the swearing in of the mayor there is a civic reception and a procession concluding at Town Hall ,taking in the Catholic Cathedral. | |||
| [TREE PLANTING] | |||
| Date: *1969 Film Number: 1381 | |||
| Ceremonial planting of a tree by the Hale Civic Society. Includes shots of Ashley Road and Hale Library. | |||
| [ROCHDALE TOWN CENTRE AND OPEN MARKET; BOWLING AT BUERSIL] | |||
| Date: 1969 Film Number: 1413 | |||
| Scenes of Rochdale town centre and open market. Also footage of crown green bowling at Buersil Park, Rochdale. | |||
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| [SCOUTS VISIT TO ANGLESEY] | |||
| Date: *1969 Film Number: 1441 | |||
| 2nd Urmston Scout Group leave Urmston by coach. Scenes from camp follow including campfire, games and cooking. Also features footage from a river, with various boats. Followed by scenes from a beach - more boats in frame - finishes with views from a boat. | |||
| [MAYORAL SUNDAY, BLACKBURN 8TH JUNE 1969 | |||
| Date: 1969 Film Number: 1541 | |||
| Film of a procession led by mayor Haworth (?) from Blackburn cathedral to the Town Hall on June 8th 1969. The procession includes contingents from the towns schools and a pipe band. This is followed by a march past by various bodies including the police and fire service, music is provided by the Salvation Army Band. | |||
| ETHIOPIA NOVEMBER 1969 [PART 1] | |||
| Date: 1969 Film Number: 1556 | |||
| Footage from a trip to Ethiopia, includes shots from Addis Ababa, Awash, Mulu and Aselle as well as rural scenes including harvesting on farms and wildlife . Also includes views of landscapes, rivers, mountains and waterfalls. | |||
| ETHIOPIA NOVEMBER 1969 [PART 2] | |||
| Date: 1969 Film Number: 1557 | |||
| Further footage from a trip to Ethiopia. Includes material shot in Zuquala and Harar and shots of the Blue Nile. Features a variety of urban and rural scenes including women at a market. | |||
| [HIGHER MILL, HELMSHORE 1969] | |||
| Date: 1969 Film Number: 1991 | |||
| Footage shot in November 1969 as part of the BBC Chronicle series. Features restoration work taking place at Higher Mill in Helmshore. A group of volunteers led by Derek Pilkington are seen converting the mill into a textile museum. Includes scenes of school children being shown around the site and close up shots of the restored water wheel. (The film was broadcast in March 1970 as an entry for Chronicle's Industrial Archaeological prize) | |||
| [HIGHER MILL, HELMSHORE 1969 - TRIMS] | |||
| Date: 1969 Film Number: 1992 | |||
| Footage relating to Higher Mill at Helmshore shot in 1969 for use in the BBC series Chronicle. Includes shots of the Mill Engine Society at work dismantling a mill engine and various interior and exterior shots of Higher Mill. (For final edited version see accession number 1991) | |||
| EDUCATIONAL GYMNASTICS FOR LOWER JUNIORS | |||
| Date: 1969 Film Number: 2026 | |||
| Training film for teachers. Shows a class of first year junior school children from Scotforth C of E Primary School Lancaster during a P.E. lesson. Using floor mats, small and large apparatus the children develop skills in co-ordination, movement and imagination. | |||
| ROYAL START AT HAYDOCK | |||
| Date: 1969 Film Number: 2277 | |||
| Film of the royal opening of the Shell Mex and BP terminal at Haydock on 12th June 1969 by Princess Alexandra. A crowd of children are seen outside the site awaiting her arrival. The Princess and Mr Greave, the site director, are seen giving speeches in front of a crowd in a temporary grandstand before the Princess opens the terminal by switching on the traffic lights allowing the oil tankers to leave. The Princess tours the site, on foot and in a car, and the various processes involved in oil storage and delivery are seen. The Princess visits the canteen before leaving in the Royal Car. | |||
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| [HEREFORD 1970; SEVERN BRIDGE; STELLA'S HOUSE] | |||
| Date: *1969 Film Number: 2328 | |||
| Mr and Mrs Brookes, from Ordsall in Salford, are seen visiting friends in Hereford, in 1970. They are seen visiting various tourist attractions in the surrounding areas of Cheltenham, Gloucester and the Cotswolds. The film also features travelling shots of their coach journey - including scenes along the Severn Bridge. Includes brief shots of people queuing for a Mr Whippy ice cream and cows unloaded from the back of a lorry, to be sold at a cattle auction. | |||
| [CHILDREN LEAVING SCHOOL; HEATON PARK CONCERT] | |||
| Date: *1969 Film Number: 2330 | |||
| Mrs Brookes, from Ordsall in Salford, is seen collecting her two eldest grandsons from school. Includes shots of other parents waiting at the school gates for their children. Also features scenes of some children playing on their bicycles in the middle of a suburban street. One of the boys is seen wearing a boy scout uniform. Concludes with scenes of the Brookes family sitting on the grass, in Heaton Park, listening to an open-air choral recital. | |||
| [HEATON PARK FUNFAIR] | |||
| Date: 1969 Film Number: 2331 | |||
| Mrs Brookes, from Ordsall in Salford, is seen with her daughter and three grandsons at a funfair in Heaton Park. The boys are seen enjoying a ride on the Merry-go-round - some of the shots are in slow motion. They are also seen playing on the swings and joy wheel in the playground. Further footage includes other children and families paddling and relaxing around the shallow lido pool. | |||
| [A DRIVE THROUGH THE LAKE DISTRICT] | |||
| Date: *1969 Film Number: 2356 | |||
| Footage of a drive through the Lake District. Includes speeded up shots of the surrounding countryside, streets and towns that the car travels through, during its journey to the Lake District. Further scenes include a couple of children delivering the St Mark's (Cheetham Hill) Parish Magazine to local houses and flats. Also features shots of the Croal Estate during the winter and summer months - includes scenes of the children having a snow ball fight. | |||
| [INTERIOR OF NO. 3 CROAL HOUSE] | |||
| Date: *1969 Film Number: 2365 | |||
| The film begins with brief shots of the Church Inn (location unknown). Continues with interior shots of Mr and Mrs Ralph Brookes' flat at No 3 Croal House in Salford. Includes views of the hall way, kitchen and living room. Also features shots of Mrs Brookes standing outside the flat and walking along the pathway between the neighbouring buildings on the housing development. | |||
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| [SWIMMING BATHS] | |||
| Date: *1969 Film Number: 2366 | |||
| Scenes of children competing in various swimming races. Competitors are seen taking their marks and diving into the water at the start of the race. Spectators watch the event from a first floor balcony. Probably shot at Seedley baths in Salford. | |||
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| [SCENES OF CORNWALL AND TRENTHAM GARDENS] | |||
| Date: 1969 Film Number: 2383 | |||
| Members of the Brookes family are seen on holiday in Cornwall; August 1969. They visit a miniature railway; Trentham Gardens; St Ives and Mousehole. Mr Brookes' three grandsons are seen playing with their parents in the sea and making sandcastles on the beach with their grandmother. The film also features footage of the family having a ride in a cable car. | |||
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