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Film Number

198

Title

WORK AND PLAY

Producer

CWS/Publicity Films Ltd

Date

1928

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

15 mins 10 secs

Description

A CWS publicity film showing how the Co-op looks after its employees - a variety of indoor and outdoor sports are shown at the new Manchester sports ground in Moston, such as swimming, hockey, tennis, cricket, football, bowling, gymnastics and boxing. There is a fire drill at a factory; a horticultural show; a magazine for employees called "Ourselves", and a welfare supervisor in each factory.
[The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]

 

 



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