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This film is a tremendous documentation of the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police’s recruiting process in 1940. As a complete account of the procedures, the filmmaker captures the initial application stage, and continues right the way through the training process to the final inspection by the Chief Constable.
This dramatic film is part of the C.H. Wood collection and follows a group of people who tried to rescue a pilot from a crashed fighter plane, but failed. Through the use of narration and demonstrations the viewer is shown what to do if a fighter plane should crash.
This documentary film is part of the C.H. Wood collection and looks back at the history of Bradford City Football Club before and during the war. There are shots of some of the former team members, as well as archive footage of the football team and trips that they made to Bournemouth and Chester.
This film is from the West Yorkshire Archive Service collection and was made by Jewish tailor and amateur filmmaker, Alec Baron. It contains footage of a Remembrance Day parade that was held in London for Jewish ex-servicemen. There are shots of the processions as well as Mayor Brunel Cohen, and Montague Burton, of Burton's Clothing stores.
Filmed in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, this film features a Home Guard Rally and gymkhana which took place at Central Vale Park during the Second World War. The events include a performance featuring historical battles from different time periods as well as athletic races.
This film, made by Debenham & Co., documents a military race at the Beverley Racecourse on Saturday, 29th April, 1916. The cross-country race was organized by the Northern Command Cross-Country Association and included 435 starters. Upwards of 250 men finished the 6.5 mile race including winner Lance Corporal Chapell.
This is part of the collection of films made by Sheffield teacher William Gordon Gregory. This is a graphic road safety film made by and for school children, commissioned by Sheffield Education Committee and Sheffield Watch Committee.
This is four Royal Navy films made during the Second World War and put together onto one film, presumably for educational or promotional purposes. The film is part of the collection of films held by Sheffield teacher William Gordon Gregory. The films consist of exercises held at sea with informational intertitles followed by film of the appropriate action.
This is the first part of a two part film of the Territorial Army in Beverley. This part shows them arriving in Beverley, marching to the Westwood where they are have set up camp and are cooking.
This is the second part of a two part film of the Territorial Army in Beverley. This part shows them camped in the Westwood, cooking and eating.
This film documents a visit of members of the Canadian Army to Halifax, West Yorkshire during the Second World War. In addition to seeing the town itself, the tour includes Beacon Hill, Ogden Reservoir, and a football match at the Shay.
This is a film of the RAF in Beverley, with a march through Beverley – made alongside another film, ‘Inspection of the ATC 399 (Beverley)', YFA number 5158.
This is a film of Beverley Air Training Corp on parade through the Market Square – made alongside another film, ‘RAF Beverley Scenes’, YFA number 5157.
This film, made by G. Trafford Drayton of the Tower Cinema, York, features film covering the events surrounding the First World War as well as the unveiling of York’s three memorials dedicated to those who fought and died in the war. The film taken during the war is expected to have come from a variety of newsreels which were most likely screened at the cinema.
This is a compilation consisting of various Topical Budget and Gaumont Graphic newsreals from the First World War. The first item includes footage of the bomb damage in Scarborough following the 1914 attack, and other news items feature events during the war in Europe.
Made by Ernest Symmons of Debehnam & Co., this film features Beverley's fundraising efforts to buy a Spitfire in 1941.
This is a film of the commemoration of the 3rd anniversary of the Battle of Britain in Beverley. It includes a procession of service personnel through the town and a service at St Mary’s Church.
This is a film made by Vaughan and Co. of Hull of a carnival procession and parade though Preston, in East Riding.
This is film showing the procession and aircraft display that takes place in Beverley during War Weapons Week 1941.
This is one of two reels of film taken by Peter Thornton of Farsley, Leeds, most likely while stationed in Egypt towards the end of the Second World War. This film features the Giza Necropolis and Cairo.
This is the second of two reels of film taken by Peter Thornton of Farsley, Leeds, most likely while stationed in Egypt towards the end of the Second World War. It features scenes of locals in a more rural area going about their everyday life.
This reel of film contains a combination of commercial and amateur footage taken during World War II. The reel begins with a German propaganda film, Degeto Weltspiegel Nr 10. Attached to this is footage shot by Peter Thornton of Farsley, Leeds following the bombing of Duisburg, Germany in 1945.
This film, taken by Peter Thornton of Farsley, Leeds, was made during the Allied invasion of France following the battle at Normandy or D-Day. Thornton was likely a member of the Royal Army Ordnance Corp. The film includes footage of the journey from Normandy, passing through Falaise, Bernieres-Sur-Mer, and into Germany to Xanten and the Minden Gap. There is no footage of any fighting, but the film does include footage of the soldiers blowing up German ammunition dumps and the devastation caused by bombing.
Calling Blighty is a series of 12 minute films which were made between 1944 and 1946. Of the 391 issues made, only 64 are now known to survive. The films feature servicemen, and a few servicewomen, who were stationed in the Far East, recording a message to be screened for friends and family at local cinemas back in the UK.
Calling Blighty is a series of 12 minute films which were made between 1944 and 1946. Of the 391 issues made, only 64 are now known to survive. The films feature servicemen, and a few servicewomen, who were stationed in the Far East, recording a message to be screened for friends and family at local cinemas back in the UK.