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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

3442

Title

[BIRTHDAYS, BLACKPOOL AND SNOW]

Producer

Ronald Frankland

Date

c1945-55

Gauge

9.5mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

6 mins 35 secs

Description

Footage of the filmmaker's son, Tony Frankland as a very small boy playing in a park in Salford, and scenes of him on the beach in Blackpool and enjoying rides at the Pleasure Beach. There is footage of Tony's fourth birthday party, with games in the garden and a party. The film also includes scenes of sledging on a snow-covered hill, and of children making huge snowballs and throwing snowballs in the street.

 

 



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