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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

2505

Title

[RAMBLING AND MISCELLANEOUS]

Producer

Mr Albert Todkill

Date

1932-39

Gauge

9.5mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

11 mins 53 secs

Description

Miscellaneous footage. Opens with shots of a wedding at Stand Church. Continues with footage of young children playing badminton, darts and table tennis. This is followed by shots of a group of young people with trophies and a larger group filing past the camera. Also includes 'Good Friday Ramble - a Short Record' in which a variety of ramblers are seen walking lunching and resting (some of the footage is of people walking backwards). Continues with brief shots of a zoo, a funfair and a young man smoking. Also contains footage of a game of tennis and shots of boats on Heaton Park lake (some of this footage is speeded up). Continues with footage from a factory, showing machines and people working, and some hot tar (?). Also includes shots of a man playing a piano, some flowers, swans and geese, a rabbit, boats, a large house and two girls playing.

 

 



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