Film Number

9077

Title

[HEYES FAMILY FOOTAGE INCLUDING FAIRGROUND, FARMING AND PRINCE PHILIP]

Producer

James Heyes

Date

c1962

Gauge

16mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

60 mins 00 secs

Description

Miscellaneous footage from the Heyes Family of Mossborough Hall Farm in Rainford, St Helens. We see various farming scenes. There are tractors, combine harvesters and other farm vehicles in fields. We see sheep, cows and donkeys, scenes of various vegetables being harvested and of onions being cut. There are other scenes of farm labour, such as laying tarmac, digging ditches and laying pipes. We also see fishing and lambing, and a dog fetching a dead rabbit for his owner. There is a trip to Belgium, we see the the Atomium in passing and scenes of a visit to a Belgian farm to observe their practices. We also see a family visit to Stratford-upon-Avon, the family stay in the Alveston Manor Hotel and visit Anne Hathaway's Cottage. There are fairground scenes, a procession, a wedding, ice-skating, a football match and children play in a park. We see people in a swimming pool in the back garden and also scenes of a removal company, Heatons of St. Helens, moving furniture from a house. Prince Philip arrives in a helicopter and opens a college on 5th July 1962. We see a group of children on a trip, they depart from Liverpool Docks on a ferry named 'Uganda' and they wave to their families as the boats departs. There are also various social scenes. We see people drinking, dancing and chatting at different social events.