Record 8824 – 8843 of 10836
| [GARDEN SCENES AND ZOO ANIMALS] | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 2700 | |||
| The film begins with footage of small children on a float dressed in costumes. There are then scenes from Chester Zoo - a polar bear in its enclosure, a monkey, penguins in their pool, seals, an orang-utan, a gorilla, a giraffe and its calf, some buffalo and some elephants. There is footage of the filmmaker's daughter on her bike,skipping outside the house, dressed up in a big hat and having a teddy bear's picnic. | |||
| THE PACE EGG PLAYERS, WARDLE VILLAGE, ROCHDALE EASTER 1976 | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 2918 | |||
| Costumed pace-eggers perform in the streets of Wardle village, while locals watch. | |||
| YUGOSLAVIA: SUNNY ADRIATIC AND MONTENEGRO | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 3031 | |||
| Scenes from a Yugoslavian holiday: town and village scenes (including people in traditional costume), landscapes and coastal views. | |||
| YUGOSLAVIAN FOLK DANCING | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 3048 | |||
| A night-time performance of folk-dancing in Yugoslavia. | |||
| CHRISTMAS 1976 | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 3150 | |||
| Film shot at Christmas 1976. A young child is seen riding a new bicycle in a house and also playing with a puppy. There is a shot of various new toys and of the puppy and a rabbit playing together in a back yard. Two children are seen in a bath, there are shots of a lake and a playground slide as well as coaches parked in a coachpark in Blackpool. Two children are seen in red bobblehats. | |||
| CHESHIRE HERITAGE | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 3163 | |||
| A film about rural life in Cheshire, containing positive and negative aspects of the countryside. There are scenes of fox-hunting, ploughing with a shire horse, rural villages, lakes with fishermen, tudor cottages and various historic properties - Arley Hall, Gawsworth Old Hall - and leisure amenities - Marbury Country Park and Shakerley Mere. In comparison, the film also shows scrapyards, disused buildings, unsightly factory works and a motorway. 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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| SAVE YOUR COUNTRYSIDE / THE SANDSTONE TRAIL | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 3164 | |||
| Scenes from rural Cheshire along the Sandstone Trail and in Delamere Forest. They include a Christmas Tree Plantation and a logging operation adminstered by the Forestry Commission, and various hikers, joggers, dog-walkers and picnickers enjoying the woods. There is also footage of Tirley Garth stately home, with close-ups of various flowers and plants in the gardens. A canal trip is shown, with barges, geese and footage of a river, followed by shots of Beeston Castle. There are scenes of a Sealed Knot civil war re-enactment with costumes, parades in Chester town centre and a staged battle. Other footage is shot in Bulkeley Hill, Burwardsley and a candle-making factory. | |||
| [EASTBOURNE'S NEW SHOPPING CENTRE] | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 3787 | |||
| Views of the coastal resort of Eastbourne, with hotels and blocks of flats, and the town centre. There is also footage of the construction of a new shopping centre. | |||
| [NORTHERN IRELAND - VILLAGE AND LANDSCAPE] | |||
| Date: *1976 Film Number: 3959 | |||
| Footage shot in a village in Northern Ireland, horses beside a lake, mountains and trees. | |||
| ONCE UPON A TIME | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 4469 | |||
| Mr and Mrs Wells take a trip along the Fairy Tale Road from Bremen to Hanau in Germany - the land of the Brothers Grimm and their fairy tales. | |||
| THE RAIL TRAFFIC SYSTEM, IRLAM WORKS 1976 | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 4694 | |||
| Film detailing the rail traffic system for the transportation of billets in and around the Irlam steelworks, including the Cheshire line and sidings. Billets are seen arriving at the works, being moved into the site and unloaded. The voice over explains how the system operates. | |||
| INSTALLATION OF NEW ROLLING STANDS AT WARRINGTON WORKS 1976 | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 4704 | |||
| Film detailing the installation and testing of new rolling stands in the Rod Mill at British Steel Corporation's Warrington Works. After having the rolling stands demonstrated at Ashlow Engineering Co of Sheffield, the rolling stands are delivered to Warrington for installation during the 1976 summer holiday. After a few teething problems, the new rolling stands are seen in action. | |||
| THE DEMOLITION OF A FURNACE CHIMNEY AT THE IRLAM WORKS 1976 | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 4707 | |||
| General views of rubble at the Irlam site and people preparing the chimney for demolition. The area is cleared and an explosion brings down the chimney - as dust clears, cranes move in to remove the debris. | |||
| NAIRN'S NORTH | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 4915 | |||
| Comedy drama performed by students at the University of Manchester's Turner Dental School. Nairn Hutchinson Fulton Wilson, a Scottish dentist, leaves the 'Edinburgh Dental School' to seek his fortune in England. He and his wife travel south before arriving in Manchester, where he is seen in light-hearted consultation and teaching at Manchester Dental School before going on a pub crawl on his way home. | |||
| RON CARTER BLACKSMITH | |||
| Date: *1976 Film Number: 5207 | |||
| Simonstone blacksmith Ron Carter is filmed at his workshop near Burnley creating a ram's head fire poker. After shots of Mr Carter talking to children in a school playground, he is seen in his shop using a variety of tools to shape a wrought iron rod into a fire poker. The film concludes with Mr Carter displaying his work to visitors. 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 | |||
| [BATHING SIMON] | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 5384 | |||
| This short film begins with various adults in the living room greeting the camera, eating and drinking tea. After this newborn Simon is seen being bathed by his mother and dried off, being held by his grandmother, before more scenes of bathtime with mother. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| SUPER SWAN | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 5584 | |||
| Documentary looking at the setting up of a community festival in the Old Swan district of Liverpool. Scenes from a community meeting to launch the project are followed by preparations, with women sewing bunting and decorating the streets. During the festival, children take part in various entertainments and there are views of several different street theatre performances. A civil war battle is re-enacted, and the film ends with street parties, races, children singing and dancing into the night. | |||
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| [SCOTLAND AND GARDEN SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 5758 | |||
| Views from a moving car as the Walsh family travel up to Scotland. Footage of gliders taking off and shots of surrounding scenery. Shots from the Walsh's back garden as Denise hangs up their laundry and a puppy follows. The Walsh boys play together in the garden. | |||
| [VISITING FRIENDS IN BURLINGTON, CANADA] | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 5765 | |||
| Footage from an Ellis family holiday to Burlington, Canada to visit family friends. Shots of the Thelma and the boys at a waterpark in the swimming pool, followed by scenes of trained dolphins, orcas, bears and elephants performing to crowds at Marineland, Niagara. Scenes of the Ellis family packing up and leaving via aeroplane from Toronto airport. | |||
| [BABY RICHARD MEPHAM IN PRAM, BOUNCER AND HIGH CHAIR] | |||
| Date: 1976 Film Number: 5796 | |||
| Baby Richard Mepham filmed outside in a pram, indoors in a bouncer and highchair. | |||
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