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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

7767

Title

[IN & AROUND MALPAS 1939]

Producer

Mr H C Yates

Date

1939

Gauge

9.5mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

14 mins 04 secs

Description

Life in and around Malpas in Cheshire - the local hunt assembles in the village various sport scenes, children working in the gardens, and a prize-giving and physical training at the local school. Shots of motorcycle trials at Higher Barnes, scenes by the river and a games of football. A music festival with improvised musical instruments is seen in Chester in 1939, a trip to Chester Zoo and the circus comes to Malpas. St Oswalds' walking day is followed by holiday scenes and footage from the Shrewsbury Show. The makeshift band travel to London to perform on Children's Hour on the BBC, and evacuee children arrive in Malpas at the start of WWII. Film ends with scenes from the school fishing competition.

 

 



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