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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

38

Title

[GAUMONT GRAPHIC NORTH WEST NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS]

Producer

Gaumont Graphic

Date

*1929

Gauge

35mm N

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

9 mins 56 secs

Description

Oldham's May Queen crowned. Holcombe Hunt point-to-point meeting. Motor bike race on Barrow beach. Wigan Carnival. Opening of Wythenshawe Aerodrome. Stockport Carnival. Lancashire Fusiliers at Bury. Commemoration of Bleriot, including footage from 1909 Channel crossing. Submarines for Chile launched at Barrow-in-Furness. Enthronement of Lord Bishop at Manchester Cathedral. Football match - Blackburn v Bolton. A meet of the Cheshire Hunt on Nantwich Square. Sailors visit Manchester.

 

 



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