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Film Number |
6261 |
Title |
[CORONATION AND VE DAY CELEBRATIONS; HOME GUARD] |
Producer |
Unknown |
Date |
1940-3/5/53 |
Gauge |
16mm |
Colour |
b/w & colour |
Sound |
silent |
Running Time |
10 mins 21 secs |
Description |
Celebrations for the 1953 Coronation are seen in Heaton Mersey - a procession sets off from the war memorial along Didsbury Road, are there are scenes from a tree-planting ceremony. On VE Day people are seen dancing in the street, accompanied by a band, and there is footage of members of the Home Guard marching through the streets of Heaton Mersey during the war. |
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