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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

3113

Title

[CHURCH PROCESSION, WELSH HOLIDAY AND BLACKPOOL SCENES]

Producer

Walter Roylance Riding

Date

*1949/52/54/57

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

32 mins 42 secs

Description

Opens with footage from an ornamental garden with peacocks in it. Continues with footage of a young couple wandering about in snow covered countryside. A man is seen in a newsagents and then a street. Continues with footage from a religious procession in Bolton - groups of nurses, children, Ukrainians and members of St Patrick's Church are all seen. Also features footage from a holiday to North Wales, Castles and coastal areas are seen as is a woman in traditional Welsh costume. There is footage of a whit walk and of a church wedding. Includes visits to Morecambe and Blackpool - people playing pitch and putt golf and water-skiing. There are shots of Blackpool sea front and Pleasure Beach, including footage taken from a cable car. Closes with brief shots of an airport, people posing for photographs after a wedding and an old house.

 

 



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