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Film Number

4415

Title

[RINGWAY AIRPORT; POWER STATION SCENES]

Producer

Ernest W Hart

Date

*1944/7

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

9 mins 38 secs

Description

Members of the Manchester Amateur Photographic Society are seen at Ringway Airport, after WWII. As well as aeroplanes, there are scenes inside the departure hall and the control tower, and passengers are seen boarding their flight. The group also visit a power station [probably Barton]. There are scenes of the coal being unloaded from barges, and views inside the turbine room. The film ends with the Hart family making breakfast at home

 

 



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