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| GRACIE | |||
| Date: *1969-70 Film Number: 1551 | |||
| Film about Gracie Fields' life on the Island of Capri. She is seen at various island locations and meeting tourists at her home and hotel. She is seen rehearsing and talking about performing, attending a fashion show and recording "books for the blind". Aspects of island life are featured and the film opens and closes with shots of Rochdale. | |||
| [NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, VISIT TO ZOO AND TYNE COURT SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1969-70 Film Number: 1784 | |||
| Opens with brief footage of pensioners outdoors and then Salford buses going down Trafford Road. Continues with shots of a new housing development. Also features scenes from a zoo, brief shots in a Swinton (?) street and interior and exterior shots of the Tyne Court housing development for elderly people. | |||
| [SCENES OF DORSET AND LAKE DISTRICT] | |||
| Date: *1969-70 Film Number: 2326 | |||
| Scenes from the Brookes family's holiday to Dorset. Mrs Brookes, from Ordsall in Salford, is seen visiting various tourist attractions around the New Forest, Christchurch, Wimbourne Minster, Swanage and Corfe Castle. Concludes with shots of Mrs Brookes and a friend wandering around Lake Windermere. Includes shots of the surrounding woodland and waterfalls. | |||
| [MISCELLANEOUS SALFORD REDEVELOPMENT] | |||
| Date: 1969 - 70 Film Number: 3290 | |||
| Scenes in the Ordsall area of Salford during redevelopment - terraced streets, children playing, women walking their babies around in prams, and delivery vans. There are shots of a building site, views of the areas where terraces have been demolished, locals on Mary Street and a black cat. | |||
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| [NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN SALFORD] | |||
| Date: c1969-70 Film Number: 3356 | |||
| A title explains that the film is to reflect the new developments in Salford in contrast to the deprivation depicted in the 'F' films. There are then scenes shot around flats in the Broadwalk area of 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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| LISTEN TO ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU | |||
| Date: *1969-70 Film Number: 3889 | |||
| A surreal drama made by students from Sir John Deane's College. A girl walks down a path in Tatton Park, and encounters various cultish activities. A man whips a woman (who transforms into a sheep) and people mime having sex with a tree and a cello, before the girl encounters a black mass which is to climax with the sacrifice of a child. The young woman rescues the child, and the cultists join her on the beach. Other scenes include schoolchildren killing a cat and a recreation of a World War II field hospital. | |||
| [AT THE BLETCHER'S CARAVAN IN NORTH WALES] | |||
| Date: 1969/70 Film Number: 4302 | |||
| Holidays by Leslie and Sybil Bletcher to their caravan on the North Wales coast in 1969 and 1970. Views inside the caravan and around the caravan site. Sybil is seen by Llyn Crafnant Reservoir in Snowdonia, and they visit Bodnant Gardens, a small cottage and a swannery. The film ends with views of sparrows eating bread in the garden at home in Sale. | |||
| [3RD TROOP ACTIVITIES, 1969-1970] | |||
| Date: 1969-70 Film Number: 5402 | |||
| Trips taken by 3rd Barrow-in-Furness (Grammar School) Scout Troop, 1969-1970. Great Gable in the snow, youth-hostelling at Easter, camping at High Cark Hall at Whit, and summer camp at Eskdale. There is footage of a three day expedition through the Lake District and of general Scouting activities - cooking over campfires, playing games, camping, hillwalking and visiting sights of local interest. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [CHEADLE ROYAL (INDUSTRIES) LTD - WORKERS AND WAREHOUSE] | |||
| Date: *1969/70 Film Number: 6016 | |||
| Unedited footage consisting of repeated tracking and panning shots with different lighting conditions inside Cheadle Royal (Industries) Ltd. People with learning difficulties and mental health problems are seen undertaking various tasks including cutting tissue paper to size on a machine, operating a printing press and making Christmas/party decorations out of coloured ribbon at sewing machines. Also includes views inside the warehouse. | |||
| [HODKINSON GIRLS, BLACKPOOL, FLEETWOOD AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1969-70 Film Number: 7212 | |||
| The Hodkinson family filmed at a variety of locations including Fleetwood, Blackpool and at home in Marple. At Fleetwood, the family visit the pier and explore the beach, After shots of the girls at home at Easter, and an outing to Crich Tramway Museum, there is footage of a holiday in Blackpool, including a trip to the Pleasure Beach and the Tower Menagerie. There are scenes of a canal boat rally in Marple, the girls in a swimming pool, and playing with a new puppy. Also features Christine's third birthday, nativity plays, snow and garden snow scenes, and further holiday footage, including shots of London. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| [FYLDE COAST TRAMS AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1969-70 Film Number: 7220 | |||
| Assorted footage featuring scenes from the Fylde Coast, with particular emphasis on the Blackpool tramway. The film opens with shots of a wedding, before and after the ceremony, and the couple with a baby. Fylde Coast scenes feature the building of a new bungalow, streetscenes in Cleveleys, a school fete in Fleetwood, donkey rides on a beach and waves battering the sea walls. There are shots of the illuminations and a funfair at Blackpool and the film concludes with extensive footage of trams at Bispham. There are also scenes from a holiday in Devon, including a model village, the Dart Valley Railway and the seaside near Torquay. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| GATEWAY TO THE LAKES | |||
| Date: *1969-70 Film Number: 7111 | |||
| Scenes featuring a group of young men with disabilities from the Peter Street Gateway Group on a camping holiday to the Lake District, with music and commentary Begins with the party leaving St Helens in a mini bus, stopping at motorway service station and arriving at a campsite near Grange-over-Sands. Members of the group buy provisions at the local farm shop, cook meals on a camp stove and wash dishes. Men from the group are seen on Lake Windermere in a rowing boat, aboard a steam boat and hill walking. Includes a speeded up sequence showing the group packing up camping equipment. Features visits to Coniston, Ambleside and stopping off in Morecambe on the way home. | |||
| [LLANDUDNO AND GREAT ORME] | |||
| Date: *1969 Film Number: 3701 | |||
| The films opens with countryside scenes and views of a castle grounds - some interiors and stained glass windows also. This is followed by a trip on the Great Orme Railway (words in chalk are seen on the hillside) and scenes in Llandudno - on the seafront and at a fairground. | |||
| [MISCELLANEOUS HOPWOOD FAMILY SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1969-70 Film Number: 8506 | |||
| A compilation of scenes from the Hopwood Family. We see domestic scenes from at home, including scenes from Christmas day of the family opening gifts and eating Christmas dinner. There are scenes from around the family home, we see various people in the kitchen and bedrooms and a lady watching TV with her rollers in, who is not pleased to be filmed. Manchester City FC hold up the FA Cup Trophy for the crowds outside Manchester Town Hall. There are brief scenes of children in a playground and of a local procession. We see scenes from the Lake District, of an air show and of a family trip to the seaside. | |||
| [MILLERS DALE; WALES; WEST COUNTRY AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1969-70 Film Number: 9526 | |||
| Mountain climbing and abseiling in Millers Dale. Family holiday in Wales and West country - lots of hill walking and beautiful scenery. Competition in the Carrs - children take part in various games and activities in the park. The film ends with a visit to Alderley. | |||
| THE FAMILY CIRCLE | |||
| Date: 1969/70 Film Number: 8666 | |||
| A compilation of home movie footage of the family shot over many years. It begins with children playing on swings in the garden and a baby in a pram. The family walk with the dog and climb trees followed by views of a detached house and gardens. A visit to Walton Hall Estate in the borough of Warrington with the children on the slides in the playground then children paddling on a beach. The children playing in the garden with the boy dressed as a cowboy then a visit to Worcestershire County Museum. A game of cricket in the garden, more playground scenes and finally a day out at Warwick Castle. | |||
| [SALFORD STUDENTS IN COMPUTER LAB] | |||
| Date: *1969-71 Film Number: 3382 | |||
| Shots of students working on various types of computer equipment. | |||
| [STUDENT SURVEYING] | |||
| Date: *1969-71 Film Number: 3383 | |||
| Film of students using surveying equipment around buildings at the University of Salford and on roads in the countryside. | |||
| [DEGREE CEREMONY TRIM] | |||
| Date: *1969-71 Film Number: 3384 | |||
| Footage of the start of a degree ceremony at Salford University; various dignitaries and VIPs (headed by the Duke of Edinburgh) attired in ceremonial robes, ascend the steps and take their seats. | |||
| [MAN AND MACHINE] | |||
| Date: 1969-71 Film Number: 3385 | |||
| Shots of a man in a plant room or basement, working on a large piece of machinery. There are shots of clocks, and a door with a radioactivity warning sign on it. | |||
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