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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

5433

Title

[LOCAL SPORTING EVENTS AND RADCLIFFE CHARTER DAY]

Producer

Edward Lomax

Date

*1934-35

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

5 mins 56 secs

Description

Compilation reel featuring a variety of sporting events and Charter Day celebrations in Radcliffe. Opening with shots of Stand Church and the surrounding area, the film includes cricket matches at Stand Cricket Club and Old Trafford (where England play Australia), crown green bowling at Whitefield and tennis at Southport. For Radcliffe Charter Day, a large crowd watches the mayor lay a wreath at the war memorial and a procession moves past the town hall.

 

 



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