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| [ZOO ANIMALS AND A WEDDING] | |||
| Date: *1969-71 Film Number: 10964 | |||
| A little girl with her mother on a street shopping then in front of their home. Various zoo animal in their enclosures possibly Blackpool includes nice shots of the Elephant house. A couple walk the walls and enjoy a sight seeing trip of York. A family pose in the front garden of their home with a tortoise then play cricket in the back garden. Views of Blackpool Pleasure Beach and its various rides. A wedding with shots of the church, the guests mingling, the bride arriving, confetti being thrown then scenes from the reception. | |||
| [WEDDINGS, CHRISTENINGS AND FAMILY HOLIDAY SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1969-72 Film Number: 9490 | |||
| Compilation reel of family occasions and leisure material, including several weddings, a Christening, holiday scenes in Abersoch, and miscellaneous footage of Healey family members and friends. | |||
| [SCHOOL TRIP TO LONDON] | |||
| Date: 1969-72 Film Number: 10328 | |||
| Parents wave goodbye to staff and children of Carr Mill primary school as they board the coach for a school trip to London. On the way the group stop for a picnic, they play games and have ice cream. During their trip they visit London zoo, Westminster Abbey and feed the pigeons in Trafalgar Square. The children go swimming in Serpentine Lido. The next morning the children brush their teeth and have breakfast in the hotel dining room. They do more sightseeing including a boat ride along the Thames. The group board the coach and head back to St Helens. | |||
| ONE WEEKEND IN AUGUST | |||
| Date: *1969-72 Film Number: 8486 | |||
| A film showing the many and varied activities and hobbies to be enjoyed in Burnley in the early 1970s including early morning post and bread deliveries, market traders and supermarket interiors. Amongst the activities are park football, cricket and golf as well as board games, cards, stamp collecting and model railways. | |||
| [CANARY ISLANDS 2] | |||
| Date: *1969-73 Film Number: 3836 | |||
| Canary Islands holiday scenes. Includes views of the beach, the hotels along the sea front, tourist sights, streetscenes and palm trees. Commercial print section of tourist sights and beaches cut into middle of reel. Ends with people boarding a ship. | |||
| [OULTON PARK AND WINTER GARDEN] | |||
| Date: c1971 Film Number: 5712 | |||
| Shots from Oulton Park beginning with autumn scenes of wildfowl on a lake, long-shots and close-ups of trees in autumn colours. Two women walk in the park and a member of the park staff clearing leaves away from the walkway. The reels finishes with a garden in snow and birds feeding from a garden feature. | |||
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| VERONICA AND STUART 5TH MAY 1969 [AND FAMILY SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1969-73 Film Number: 10138 | |||
| The wedding of Veronica and Stuart takes place at the Parish Church of St Margaret in Dunham Massey. The wedding party and guests arrive, and after the ceremony, the bridal couple are seen outside the church, being showered with confetti, and departing on honeymoon. The reel continues with family scenes – a woman and two young children in a living room, playing with toys - and ends with the children’s bathtime. | |||
| [SEE-SAW] | |||
| Date: 1969-73 Film Number: 5734 | |||
| A deer appears in shot with the Greenwood grandparents and boy in a park. The Greenwood children continue to play on the climbing apparatus and seesaw in the Manor house garden. Shots of the dogs playing in the garden, brief footage of a fair. Footage of Mr Greenwood training the black labrador. Seagulls at a picnic site and views taken from a cable car. | |||
| ROVING REPORT NO. 1 [AND MISCELLANY] | |||
| Date: *1969-73 Film Number: 5570 | |||
| A countryside fair is viewed from a helicopter, which lands. Cars park, people wander around stalls, and a flower competition, and families picnic. A brass band plays, machinery, marching and gun demonstrations occur. At Manchester and Liverpool canal, boats and dinghys sail. Mr Earnshaw is interviewed prior to his long-distance rowing attempt (South Africa to UK), and men are seen putting his boat, called the "Evening Star," into the canal. Boats take part in an obstacle course. At Tolpuddle people gather at The Martyrs' Inn and take part in the annual parade. A band marches and many people hold signs. There are shots of countryside and the skyline in different weather, a village market occurs. At Brimhay nursery school children play inside and out, have lessons and go swimming. There are scenes of penguins and birds in an aviary, Spittal hotel, Glenshee ski school, men shearing sheep, a ferry, and lobster fishing. Women garden, play golf, and put up a tent. People walk at night with lit torches. Cars from the early 1900s take part in a procession, a crowd watches. | |||
| [BRENDA'S 21ST AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1970-3 Film Number: 10466 | |||
| Celebrations for Brenda's 21st birthday which is quite formal with some underexposed dancing. Holiday/leisure scenes out and about in the countryside and at the coast. A carnival parade is followed by people in a garden then beach scenes on a cold day, possibly the Fylde coast. Model boats on a lake and a boat trip followed by waves crashing against some rocks and people climbing over the rocks | |||
| [SCENES IN CORNWALL] | |||
| Date: c1969-75 Film Number: 3749 | |||
| Scenes from a Cornish holiday. A heliport and a helicopter taking off. Views of boats and the harbour at Penzance (?). A mother and her two boys on the beach. The boys are later seen riding on a model railway. General waterside holiday scenes - playing with inflatable hoops, paddle boats and rubber dingys. The two boys are seen blowing bubbles. Final scenes at a cattle market - cows, sheep, pigs in pens. | |||
| [MARGARET SHEPHERD'S WEDDING II AND SOUTHPORT SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1969-75 Film Number: 11135 | |||
| The film opens with scenes from Margaret Shepherd's wedding. People stand around, photographs are taken, and confetti is thrown. We then see scenes from the reception. Scenes from Southport follow. People ride on a miniature railway ride, and we see other fairground rides. | |||
| [BURNAGE HIGH SCHOOL - LAB RULES] | |||
| Date: c1970-5 Film Number: 9706 | |||
| This film opens with shots of the blackboard in a school science laboratory. There are science lab rules written on the blackboard, which appear between comedy scenes of school boys sneaking into the lab and breaking those rules and causing chaos. A boy burns his finger in acid and another boy starts a fire and there are other scenes of things going wrong. This is followed by scenes of a lesson taking place, and then an experiment taking place outside. The film ends with a list of the boys who took part in producing the film. | |||
| BURNAGE HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS - THE FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL | |||
| Date: c1970-5 Film Number: 9707 | |||
| The film opens with shots of Burnage High School and children playing in the playground. We see scenes from a boy's first day at school. His mother waves him off as he leaves home and then we see him arrive at school and meet his friends at the gate. We later see him leaving school and making his way home. There are scenes of various sports taking place in the school, including running races, athletics, cricket, tennis and basketball. We see students doing cartwheels in a gym lesson and taking part in an art lesson. We also see the students having lunch in the canteen. | |||
| [CHESHIRE, MERSEYSIDE, INVERNESS TO KYLE OF LOCHALSH RAIL TOUR AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1970-5 Film Number: 11041 | |||
| A variety of scenes from various locations. We see shots of country lanes, street signs, and general views around Merseyside and Cheshire. Locations include Trentham Gardens, Chester Zoo, Hale, Thelwall, Rainhill, Runcorn and Prescot. There are Scottish scenes from an Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh train tour of the Wester Ross area of the Scottish Highlands. We see lots of spectacular scenery shot from the window of the moving train, and there are shots of the train too. We also see scenes from Bridgenorth of the Severn Valley Railway, and of the funicular at Cliff Railway Station. The film ends with scenes of remedial work on Ironbridge and scenes from Blists Hill Open Air Museum. | |||
| [ROAD AND OTHER SIGNS] | |||
| Date: c1970-5 Film Number: 11052 | |||
| Shots of different signs. We see street signs and road signs. We see destination signs on the fronts of buses. There are also shots of pub signs and neon petrol station signs. | |||
| [PACE EGG PLAY] | |||
| Date: c1970-5 Film Number: 11054 | |||
| This appears to be a Pace Egg Play. People in Medieval costume put on an informal performance in the street, and there is mock combat and sword fighting. There are spectators and the children are involved in the performance. One of the performers carries a basket of eggs. | |||
| [NO PLACE] | |||
| Date: c1970-7 Film Number: 11055 | |||
| A brief shot of a sign on the front of a No. 18 bus reading 'No Place'. | |||
| [BLACKPOOL MISCELLANY AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1970-2 Film Number: 9942 | |||
| The Blackpool Fire Brigade tackle a fire then a boat at sea with shots from the wheelhouse. A Co-op butchers shop window followed by Blackpool Tower and seafront scenes. Tugboats pull a submarine in Walney Channel in Barrow which is followed by garden scenes, views of an airport [Manchester?] and a boat trip on Lake Windermere | |||
| [AMERICAN SCENES AND BABY ROBERT] | |||
| Date: 1969/71/9 Film Number: 6866 | |||
| Brief views of the ruins of a temple at Negev in Israel in 1971 are followed by scenes shot in the United States during a family holiday including Central Park and a boat excursion around New York, the Arlington Cemetery in Washington DC and Niagara Falls. Film-maker's baby grandson, Robert Angel, is seen in various locations throughout. | |||
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