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Film Number

3414

Title

SIMMONSWOOD 1965

Producer

Mr Bill Law

Date

1965

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

28 mins 07 secs

Description

Shots of a mini sports day at Simmonswood County Primary School in Kirkby, with various games of skill and co-ordination in the playground. There is footage of a trip to Blackpool with pupils assembling outside the school and travelling on coaches to their destination. They visit the prom, the tower circus, the Pleasure Beach and a boating pool. They eat a meal in the cafe of Lewis' department store. There is footage of a second sports day with races for children and their mothers.

 

 



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