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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

1783

Title

[CROAL AT CHRISTMAS, SANTA'S GROTTO AND BONFIRE AT ORDSALL]

Producer

Ralph Brookes

Date

*1968-69

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

15 mins 29 secs

Description

Footage shot in and around Croal House elderly people's flats in north Manchester. Also features streetscenes and family scenes at Christmas as well as Santa's Grotto and a toy department within a department store. Continues with footage of children on bonfire night in Ordsall. The film also includes shots of a child washing up, a new housing development and the interior of a Radio Manchester marquee. There is also a brief excerpt from the feature film 'Moby Dick' filmed from a television screen.

 

 



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