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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

3428

Title

METRO NEWSREEL

Producer

Mr J.N. Newton of Poynton and Stockport Movie Makers

Date

1980-4

Gauge

spr8mm

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

9 mins 53 secs

Description

Local footage shot in the Manchester area - the 1981 Manchester Marathon, watersports at Sale Water Park, planes taking off and landing at Manchester Airport, and footage of motorway construction in Stockport. Other footage includes shots of the (then) new InterCity 125 trains in and near to Stockport station, and views of depleted reservoirs in the summer of 1984.

 

 



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