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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

3126

Title

[EVENTS, PROCESSIONS AND VISITS]

Producer

Walter Roylance Riding

Date

c1944-53

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

33 mins 51 secs

Description

Film of various events, processions and visits - most of the footage is shot in Horwich and Bradford. The various processions feature floats, people in fancy dress, soldiers and children dancing. There are scenes of a play being acted out, Belle Vue Zoo (?) is featured and there are streetscenes from Bradford and Bolton. The Coronation decorations in Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens are seen and there are shots of trains in Bradford Railway Station.

 

 



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