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This film documents a fund raising event for the Green Howards, an infamous Yorkshire regiment. Salute the Soldier week features a procession from international regiments, speeches from senior military leaders (Charles De Gaule is possibly in attendance) and local dignitaries. Other fund raisings schemes include an open air service.
This film records the events of 'Wings for Victory' week held in Bridlington and District 12th to 19th June 1943. The military agencies and local community join to raise money to pay for new aeroplanes that will be used to help Britain win the Second World War.
This is a film by Charles Chislett of his family at home and on holiday on different occasions spanning 13 years.
Made by Charles Chislett for the Church Pastoral Aid Society (CPAS), this film documents a trip to the Yorkshire Dales organized for underprivileged children who lived in urban areas. During their trip, the boys stay at a amp just outside the village of Kettlewell. The film includes footage of the village as well as the boys’ walks around the countryside.
Made by Charles Chislett, this is a film of a party held for staff members of William Deacon's Bank in Rotherham, where Chislett was manager. The party is held in the garden of his house. It shows the staff and children playing many outdoor games.
Made by Charles Chislett, this is a film of the Rotherham Rotary Club on a visit to Amsterdam.
This is a film by Charles Chislett of his extended family, including baby Rachel, at home at Christmas, and having a picnic with friends.
This is a film of Kathleen Cole with family and friends on holiday by the seaside.
Made by Charles Chislett and commissioned by the Church Pastoral Aid Society, this is a film of the activities of forty boys at a C.P.A.S. summer camp at Burstow in Surrey.
This is a film made by Charles Chislett chronicling a group of city girls having a week holiday in Slaidburn, Lancashire.
This is a film by Charles Chislett in two parts: the first is of a trip with his wife Grace to the Brussels World's Fair, Expo '58; the second part is of a wedding, with their grown up daughter, Rachel, as a bridesmaid.
This film was made by Charles Chislett as a commission from the Church Pastoral Aid Society. It aims to promote the work of the CPAS by focusing on the relevance of Christianity in the modern world.
This is the second part of the film made by Charles Chislett for the C.P.A.S. (See also 350). It looks at the technological changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution. There is no reference or allusion to the C.P.A.S., the Church or Christianity.
This is a film by Charles Chislett of his family at home and on visits to countryside and seaside. It features daughter Rachel, son John, and two young friends (seen in Dale Days). They visit Ingleton waterfalls and Castlerigg stone circle.
This is a film by Charles Chislett of his family holiday at Whitby, focusing on their young children Rachel and John. Made at the same time as 'Rachel Discovers the Sea', the film gives a wonderful picture of a seaside holiday in the 1930s.
This is a film that captures a Rotherham family’s holiday to Whitby and Filey, located on the East Coast of Yorkshire. The film includes footage of the Chislett family on the beach, playing in the water, and taking donkey rides along the seaside.
This is a compilation reel of offcuts from the Chislett Collection.
This is a film by Charles Chislett of a children's Sunday school procession in Rotherham. The procession features several local Sunday schools.
This Charles Chislett film consists of three parts, all featuring employees of William Deacon's Bank, Rotherham, where Chislett was manager. The first two are earlier, in black and white; the third part was made in about 1955 in colour. The first is of a works sports day, the second is a Sexton Blake inspired fictional thriller filmed partly at the bank, and the third is a staff day at Chislett's home.
This is a film of Kathy Cole and her family visiting St Katherine's Teacher Training College in Liverpool which Kathy attended. A short section at the end of the film features a holiday in France.
This is a film of Kathleen Cole with family and friends on holiday by the seaside.
This is a film of Kathleen Cole with family and friends on holiday. During the first half of the film they are in London and Paris in the second half.
This is a series of films made by Albert Thornton, the father of Kathleen Cole, featuring Kathy as a baby, a wedding, a christening, two birthdays, a holiday in Scarborough and at home in the garden.
Narrated by Richard Baker, this film documents the building and work which took place at Parkgate Iron and Steel Co. in Rotherham. Opened in 1964, the new additions include a continuous narrow strip mill, billet mill and primary mill.
This is a promotional film made for Coghlan Bright Steel Company of Hunslet Forge, Leeds. The film shows short takes of each process. These takes are broken up by black blank footage.