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[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.
 
 
 
HAND MADE PAPER
Date: 1969/72 Film Number: 6650
 
A look at the practice of hand paper making at the Hayle Mill near Maidstone, where traditional methods are still used to mix pulp and form cotton sheets. The wads of paper are seen being rolled smooth and the finished paper is packaged ready for dispatch.
 
 
 
[ST MARKS WHIT WALKS AND CHEETHAM HILL SCENES]
Date: 1969/72-73 Film Number: 1782
 
Opens with scenes of St Mark's Church Cheetham Hill's Whit Walk in 1969. Also features footage shot on a late 1960s housing estate in Cheetham Hill which is now demolished. Children are seen in the summer and then the winter, playing in snow, as are a group of young men. Continues with footage from a children's Christmas party, and of a group of elderly people aboard a boat on the Manchester Ship Canal. The filmmaker's wife is seen walking in the Croal - Irwell valley and later in a park. Features further shots of children playing, and footage of St Mark's Church's 1973 Whit Walk.
 
 
 
[CHRISTMAS TEA, FAMILY IN SUSSEX AND KENT]
Date: *1969/72/77 Film Number: 5195
 
Footage of several members of the Hanna family as they celebrate Christmas and visit Kent. Family members fool around for the camera and eat Christmas tea, and there are shots of individual children. The film cuts to games and activity in the garden of Walsh Manor in East Sussex, where family members play cricket, hold a rabbit, use a space hopper and try out a new frame tent. There are shots of the interior of the house and of two children dressed up. Also includes visits to a zoo, and to Knole Gardens and Hever Castle in Kent. 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
 
 
 
ROCHDALE HIPPODROME, 1956
Date: c1970 Film Number: 444
 
The Rochdale Hippodrome just prior to demolition. Stills of the early days. Interiors featuring circle, stalls and boxes; backstage - flies and scenery.
 
 
 
[RENOLD WORKS, BURNAGE LANE]
Date: *1970 Film Number: 711
 
Facilities in the Renold Chains factory on Burnage Lane, Manchester, including - the offices, factory school, sick bay, canteen and sports facilities for bowling, football, and hockey.
 
 
 
[GENERAL VIEWS AROUND MANCHESTER]
Date: *1970 Film Number: 763
 
General shots around Manchester including - classroom interiors; house demolition; Umist buildings; Piccadilly; city centre shops and the interior of a library. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
 
 
 
[NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL]
Date: *1970 Film Number: 764
 
Exterior shots of North Manchester General Hospital, Crumpsall; the camera follows a young woman as she enters a car park and drives away.
 
 
 
[STUDENT WALK]
Date: c1970's Film Number: 765
 
A large number of students, wearing numbered tops, are seen inside a lecture theatre; they leave the building and are then seen in the street. Other students line the route.
 
 
 
[SOMETHING TO DO]
Date: *1970 Film Number: 767
 
Children at play - a close up shot of a young boy on a garden wall; playing in the street - play street signs are seen; a childrens' playscheme; and a bonfire.
 
 
 
[A DAY ON THE FARM]
Date: *1970 Film Number: 769
 
Brief shots of goats on a farm, then 3 men and a woman are seen digging in a fenced enclosure.
 
 
 
[BOGLE STROLL CHECKPOINT]
Date: c1970s Film Number: 779
 
Shots of walkers on a bogle stroll - one wears a shirt printed with 'Manchester Ramblers'. Bogle Stroll Checkpoint - drinks are served; walking at night; shots of 4 walkers in the country.
 
 
 
[SCENES AROUND UMIST]
Date: c1970's Film Number: 781
 
General shots around the Umist campus - including students sitting outside the Barnes Wallis Building; the 'Swinging Sporran' pub is also seen.
 
 
 
[WORK, STUDY AND LEISURE]
Date: *1970 Film Number: 783
 
Shots around Manchester - including factory chimneys, cooling towers, mills and terraced streets; interior shots of textile machinery; the ship 'Esso Diverness' at Manchester docks; pubs, bingo halls and fish and chips; demolition work and new estates; entertainment - exterior shots of cinemas, Studio 1-5 and the Tatler, the Palace theatre and the Opera House; Umist buildings - a student protest on Oxford Road, police and students clash briefly; a rag procession - floats and fancy dress; a student - head down - is seen rolling a joint.
 
 
 
[NEW HOMES]
Date: *1970 Film Number: 784
 
Shots of new housing developments; traffic in Piccadilly, Manchester; mills and industrial landscape around the city; Salford Docks, and scenes around the Umist campus. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
 
 
 
[CLEANING QUEEN VICTORIA'S STATUE, PICCADILLY]
Date: c1970's Film Number: 785
 
Queen Victoria's statue in Piccadilly Manchester under scaffolding - being cleaned by 'Clean Walls' Ltd.
 
 
 
[AERIAL VIEWS]
Date: c1970 Film Number: 1059
 
Aerial views of Stanlow and the Queen Elizabeth II oil docks - tankers in dock; adjacent oil installations.
 
 
 
QEII DOCK HIGH CONTRAST MASTER TITLES
Date: c1970's Film Number: 1113
 
Testcard, followed by the logo of the Manchester Ship Canal Company and the title The making of the Queen Elizabeth II Dock Eastham.
 
 
 
[LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS]
Date: 1970 Film Number: 1250
 
The Jones family's trip to Chester Zoo in August 1970. Includes shots of various wild animals feeding in their enclosures.
 
 
 
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