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This film documents a family trip to Butlins Holiday camp in Filey. The film provides a good example of leisure activities in the 1970s and includes footage of the holiday camp as well as the different shops around town.
Part two of the 1975 holiday to Butlins, this film includes footage of the holiday apartments in Butlins, Filey, as well as some of the recreational activities, such as swimming, which are available for holiday-goers.
This film is documents a family holiday at Butlins, in Filey, one of several by the same filmmaker.
This film documents a family trip to Butlins, in Filey. It includes footage of some of the amusements at the Butlins Holiday Camp including carousel rides, a pool hall, and leisure time on the beach.
Part of the collection of personal family films of the Rowntrees, this film contains rare images of Seebohm Rowntree and his family during their leisure time. Seebohm was the third child of Quaker chocolate manufacture Joseph Rowntree and eventually became chairman of the company from 1923-1941. The film contains both Dufay colour and black and white film stock.
This film captures the Rowntree family relaxing in their garden and taking a trip down on their yacht. Featuring great snippets of their leisure time, this film is an exemplary document that gives a real insight into the Rowntree family and their life away from their hugely successful business.
This is a film made by Chapeltown dentist Willie Thorne of Ecclesfield Holiday Week in 1942, set in Ecclesfield Park with people playing bowls and tennis, a women’s cricket match, children in a swimming pool, having races and playing on swings, and a game of baseball being played by American GIs.
This documentary is a promotional film that profiles the Newton Chambers Factory, based in the Thorncliffe Valley near Sheffield. It closed down in the early 1970s but was an important manufacturing works that was involved in producing ironwork such as tanks, gas holders, and even domestic range ovens. It also had a large chemical output often used as a base for disinfectant products. Through a combination of voiceover and footage that captures life at the factory, the film tells the story of Newton Chambers history to present day 1953, and how it was at the heart of the community employing most of the people from the surrounding area.
This film is from the Wilkinson collection and comprises of several wedding celebrations and some other family gatherings. There is also footage of the decorations put up around Wakefield and the window displays that were constructed to celebrate the coronation of Princess Elizabeth.
This amateur film was made by a Wakefield based businessman and contains footage from a variety of different sites in Yorkshire including Scarborough, Bridlington and Butlin's Holiday Camp at Filey.
This amateur film was made by a Wakefield-based businessman and captures a family holiday in Norfolk. There is footage of their caravans and campsite, as well as the sea and the town.
This film was made by a Wakefield-based businessman and contains footage of a holiday taken by the Wilkinson family to the Devon seaside resort. There are shots of the coastline and beaches as well as some of the amenities available to visitors.
Made by a Wakefield-based businessman, this film documents his family caravanning holiday to Ulrome Sands. The film features the family during their leisure time, playing on the beach, and scenes around the caravan park.
This amateur was made by a Wakefield-based businessman and is a travelogue of a family trip to Scotland. There are shots of Edinburgh, Rothsay, and many lakes and villages throughout the Scottish countryside.
This film is from the Wilkinson collection and contains footage of a family holiday to Bournemouth and the south coast of England. There are shots of many small towns, villages and beach-side resorts, Southsea in Portsmouth as well as a trip to a zoo.
This film was made by an amateur filmmaker who was a farmer from Reighton, near Filey, North Yorkshire. The film features his two daughters playing with some doll in a garden on a nice sunny day.
This film was made by an amateur filmmaker who was a farmer from Reighton, near Filey, North Yorkshire. The film features a family holiday to the Lake District that includes views of the lakes and surrounding countryside.
Made by E.R. Hardy of the Halifax Cine Club, this film highlights the change in the seasons. The film is silent except for the very opening, where a short segment of the song "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" plays in the background.
Part of the Hattersley Collection, this short film features a family holiday to Scotland including a visit to the beach and rock climbing.
This film was made by an amateur filmmaker who was a farmer from Reighton, near Filey, North Yorkshire. This film features a family holiday in Wales that shows many good scenes of the areas through which they travel.
This film was made by an amateur filmmaker who was a farmer from Reighton, near Filey, North Yorkshire. This film features footage of the Great Yorkshire Show and a trip to the Epworth Old Rectory, home of the Wesleys.
This film was made by an amateur filmmaker who was a farmer from Reighton, near Filey, North Yorkshire. This film features footage of a local children's Christmas party including shots of his son.
This film was made by an amateur filmmaker who was a farmer from Reighton, near Filey, North Yorkshire. The film features his son playing with a puppy outside the house then opening birthday presents inside the family home.
This film was made by an amateur filmmaker who was a farmer from Reighton, near Filey, North Yorkshire. The film features scenes from a children's Christmas Party held at a large house in the local area.
This film was made by an amateur filmmaker who was a farmer from Reighton, near Filey, North Yorkshire. It features the filmmaker as he takes time to work at one of his favourite hobbies.