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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

1858

Title

[MOTORCYCLE, HORSES AND MILITARY DISPLAYS]

Producer

Mr Frederick Grime

Date

c1930s

Gauge

9.5mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

9 mins 19 secs

Description

Compilation reel of various activities and events attended by the Grime Family in Lancashire during the 1930s. Includes scenes of the family larking about in their back garden; visiting the Pleasure Beach at Blackpool; swimming in a lido pool and watching a cross country race through suburban streets. Concludes with shots of the Royal Lancashire Show. Large crowds watch performances and displays put on by the Royal Marines gunteam, band and a motorcycle club.

 

 



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