Film Number

1182

Title

A NURSES' OUTING IN 1929

Producer

Preston Brothers

Date

1929

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

9 mins 58 secs

Description

Mr Joshua Preston, Mayor of Stockport, is seen entertaining a group of nurses at his family home at Glengarry. He greets the women (who are not in uniform) as they get off a 'North Western' bus, and shows them around the gardens and grounds. The women participate in various fun races and are seen eating their lunch around tables on the lawn. Includes a shot of the buffet table. Staff are seen taking the covers off the food. A local Stockport 'Wireless Services Van' provides musical accompaniment outside in the garden. Two men stand next to the van winding up the gramophone. Concludes with footage of various members of the Preston family at a fair.
[The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]

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