Film Number

11276

Title

[FOOTBALL IN MANCHESTER; AIRFIELD; WHIT WALK AND SPORTS DAY]

Producer

Lucy Craven

Date

1955-7

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

23 mins 54 secs

Description

Schoolboys play 'Ireland vs England' in the grounds of Hollies Convent School, girls in uniform stand and watch, a sign on the school gates reads 'Great International Football Match'. Later the Craven children play together outside their home. The family business truck can be seen parked outside the house. Family and friends at an airfield, some men can be seen flying and looking at various small aeroplanes, includes a shot of the cockpit of one of the planes. A few people go for a ride in one of the planes. Back at the school and the 'England vs Ireland game', the winning team celebrates and play with their friends and family. Later the two teams pose together for a school photograph and receive their trophies. In separate scenes the family spend time together in the garden, the young boy rides his bicycle and the young girl roller skates. Later the two young girls take part in a Whit Walk. Later the adults and children take part in the sports day activities such as sack races and sprint races. Back home the children play leapfrog in the garden.