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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

7321

Title

[SUTTON WHIT WALK, PILKINGTON'S GALA PARADE AND OTHER SCENES]

Producer

J Henderson

Date

1968-9

Gauge

spr8mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

20 mins 01 secs

Description

Compilation reel featuring the Henderson family - domestic and garden scenes are followed by family trips to Southport, Lake Windermere and the zoo. After shots of a Whit Walk through Sutton, there is extensive footage of the Pilkington Gala parade which includes carnival floats and banners representing different companies and works. At the St Helens Show at Sherdley Park, there are displays of sheep-herding and cavalry. Concludes with further family scenes in the garden, collecting heather in the hills, and visiting the coast.

[Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]

 

 



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