201-220

201 TRUSVILLE HOLIDAY CAMP
Trusville 1932
3 min B/W Silent 9.5mm
Informal amateur footage from the early days of Holiday Camps, with ninepins, apple-bobbing, and sack races for everyone. Full of surprising features, such as a two-sailed windmill, a unique system of lawn-mowing, and some hair-raising mechanical swings.

202 LOADING GRAIN AT GRIMSBY DOCKS
Grimsby 1952
2.5 min B/W Silent 8mm
Lorries, dockside cranes, sacks of grain being lowered into ships' holds. This film pre-dates the changeover to handling grain as if it were a fluid.

203 LINCOLNSHIRE SHOW (1949)
Louth 1949
2.25 min B/W Sil 9.5mm
Informal family footage, but including many scenes of agricultural equipment on display.

204 JUNIOR SCHOOLS (Louth)
Louth c1948
2 min B/W Silent 9.5mm
A small boy leaves home for his first day at school. Shots of the tiny "Sardine Tin" junior school are followed by scenes at Eastfield Road School.

205 GAY NINETIES DANCE CLUB
Louth 1956
9.5 min B/W Silent 16mm
Old Time Dance Club celebrates its fifth birthday in the Town Hall. Numerous couples, mostly (but not exclusively) middle-aged, are seen arriving, dancing, and talking informally between dances.

206 LOUTH WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED
Louth 1952
9 min B/W Silent 16mm
Lord Ancaster unveils the plaques added to the existing war memorial to commemorate the dead of World War II.

207 LOUTH CHOIR FESTIVAL
Louth 1953
3.25 min B/W Silent 16mm
The full choir of St James' is seen in procession, entering and leaving the church. (Exteriors only.) There are also some informal shots of choirboys larking about.

208 NEW ABM SILO - CHAMBER OF TRADE VISIT
Louth 1954
3.25 min B/W Silent 16mm
The camera mostly favours the members of the Chamber of Trade, but equipment for malt extraction is also seen, (though the footage is of variable quality). There are some good exterior views of the town, including the railway line, taken from the roof.

209 LUDA LODGE OPENING (OAP Home)
Louth 1955?
2.25 min B/W Silent 16mm
Mostly rather static shots of councillors and staff; but a few scenes show the inmates.

210 SMITH'S SHOE SHOP, LOUTH
Louth 1954
2 min B/W Silent 16mm
A few exteriors, and informal interiors showing a commercial traveller, and customer fittings in progress.

211 LACEY GARDENS JUNIOR SCHOOL (Louth)
Louth 1955
5 min B/W & Colour Silent 16mm
Informal scenes, both indoors and outside, showing playtime, and various classes in progress. Successful 11+ candidates parade for the camera. (Exteriors mainly colour, interiors mainly Black & White.)

212 BRITISH LEGION BAND RALLY
Skegness 1958
6.5 min B/W Silent 16mm
British Legion Bands marching and playing, chiefly the Louth Band, which won the Deportment Award.

213 BOYS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL (Louth)
Louth 1956
5 min B/W & Colour Silent 16mm
A cricket match in progress, probably on Speech Day or similar occasion; the swimming pool; the finish of the Cross-Country race. (Last item in B/W.)

214 FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY
Louth late 1950s
2 min B/W Silent 16mm
Informal family footage, subject to intermittent damage, but of considerable social interest for furnishings, adults' and children's dress, party games, etc.

215 STEAM ENGINE RALLY
Carrington c1965
2 min Colour Silent 16mm
Traction engines, and a selection of vintage vehicles.

216 LOUTH CARNIVAL NEWSREEL
Louth 1963
18 min B/W & Colour Silent 16mm
Crowning the Carnival Queen; Children's Sports; Outdoor religious service; Archery; Football; Soapbox Derby; Dancing (rather sedate rock and roll); senior and junior boys' boxing. (Last item B/W.)

217 FREEDOM OF LOUTH FOR RAF MANBY
Louth 1965
5 min Colour Silent 16mm
A contingent from the R.A.F. College parades in the Market Place to receive a silver framed citation from the Lady Mayor, and then marches through the streets of Louth.

218 MOTOR RACING (1968)
Cadwell Park 1968
4.25 min Colour Silent 16mm
Go Karts and stock car racing, various events.

219 SALTFLEET
Saltfleet 1950s
11.25 min B/W & Colour Silent 16mm
Children playing amongst the dunes; street scenes (virtually deserted) showing huts and holiday houses; teenage boy canoeing; local residents in their garden.

220 TANK EXERCISES
Unknown 1940s
5 min B/W Mute 16mm
Unedited footage of what appears to be a tank training exercise. Various shots of tanks, and scenes of crew rescuing a ditched tank with lifting tackle. Locations believed to be in Lincolnshire.