381-400

381 BRITAIN’S LINCOLN REDS
Lincoln & Various 1954 c
37 min Colour Silent 16mm
Made for the Lincoln Red Shorthorn Society, the film shows the annual Lincoln Bull sale, cattle at the Lincolnshire Show, and a number of individual herds filmed at the properties of their owners, mostly in Lincolnshire. There are numerous close ups of prize animals, and detailed explanatory titles giving names, locations, and herd statistics.

382 ROTHERHAM SCHOOLBOYS’ CAMP
Mablethorpe & Rotherham 1938/9
21 min B/W Silent 9.5mm
A delightful film which perfectly captures the sheer exuberance of town children getting a rare taste of open air life by the sea. The boys, mostly 10 to 12 year olds, are seen packing, leaving home, setting up camp, filling their bedding with straw, fetching water, chopping wood, and preparing meals. Down at the beach, they swim, play cricket and hockey, and chase each other around the dunes. The film ends with a day of organised sports attended by the Mayor of Rotherham, and preparations for a bonfire.

These camps were held annually from 1934-39. Most of the film is believed to date from 1938, with additions made in 1939.

383 SCHOOLS’ LIBRARY SERVICE
Lincoln, Barton, etc 1973
21 min Colour Silent Super 8mm
Scenes at HQ in Lucy Tower Street, Lincoln, with requested books being retrieved from the stacks and sent out to schools. A mobile Library visits a school in Barton on Humber. Finally, children in school use Library books to help with their studies.

384 FARMING AT HOLBEACH ST MARKS
Holbeach St Marks c1959
25 min Colour Silent Std 8mm
Miscellaneous farming scenes at various times of year. There is also some footage of apple orchards.

385 BARRY SHEEN AT CADWELL
Cadwell Park c1976
3.75 min Colour Silent Super 8mm
Motorcycle racing, with good action shots, and close-up pit scenes with Barry Sheen and others.

386 MODERN FISH MARKETING
Grimsby c1934
18.5 min B/W Silent 16mm
A promotional film for Smethursts of Grimsby. A few introductory fishing scenes are followed by excellent footage showing the catch being unloaded at Grimsby Fish Dock. The bulk of the film shows the filleting, packing, freezing, storage, and dispatch of the firm’s frozen fish products for domestic and catering consumers.

387 EMPIRE CINEMA PROJECTION ROOM
Grantham c1945
4.75 min B/W Silent 16mm
The projectionist is shown lacing up a reel of film, starting to run it, and stopping at the end. The rewind boy fetches and rewinds the film, also checking the gramophone turntables. The fire escape, and the fireproof storage lockers for the spools of highly flammable film are also clearly seen.

388 BUILDING & OPENING GRANTHAM’S NEW SWIMMING POOL
Grantham 1970/71
10.5 min Colour Sound* Std 8mm
The film shows every stage of contstruction, from the ceremonial inauguration of the project by the Mayor, to the opening in November 1971 by Eldon Griffiths MP.

389 GRANTHAM DRAMATIC SOCIETY
Grantham 1948/49/50
38 min B/W Silent 16mm Research only.
Dress Rehearsal footage largely filmed from the stalls during three Annual Productions by the Society. Inadequate lighting for photography, and the total lack of sound, make the material of limited interest.

390 BOSTON JUBILEE PARADE
Boston 1977
17 min Colour Sound* Super 8mm
Parade of decorated floats, seen from two different viewpoints, one at a street corner, the other in the Market Place.

391 SURFLEET FARMING SCENES
Surfleet late 1950s
18.5 min Colour Silent Std 8mm
Miscellaneous farming scenes, including bulb cleaning, planting seedlings behind a tractor, a horse-drawn seed drill, cattle in the crew yard, a home made sack lift, etc. There is also extensive footage of daffodils being picked in the fields and packed in the sheds for despatch.

392 FIRST TULIP PARADE
Spalding 1959
3.75 min Colour Silent Std 8mm
The Parade is seen passing through a crowded street, with good coverage of most floats.

393 SCENES AT SURFLEET RESERVOIR
Surfleet c1958 & 1960
4.75 min Colour Silent Std 8mm
A family boating trip, typical of the period, and repairs to the bank being carried out by the Welland Drainage Board.

394 WVS CIVIL DEFENCE COOKER
Surfleet 1961
3.75 min Colour Silent Std 8mm
The WVS build and use an emergency field cooker. A Civil Defence exercise of a kind widely encouraged during the Cold War as a rehearsal for the aftermath of a possible nuclear attack.

395 RIVER WELLAND FROZEN AT FOSDYKE
Fosdyke 1963
2 min Colour Silent Std 8mm
Near Fosdyke Bridge, a ship is seen trapped in the ice. Bleak scenes of the frozen river, abandoned small boats, etc, inspected by a disconsolate local resident.

396 COCKLE FISHING
The Wash c1963
3 min Colour Silent Std 8mm
Two old fisherman in a small boat: filmed on board, and from an adjacent sandbank.

Note: a technical fault in certain scenes makes them suitable for study only.

397 RAF CRANWELL
Cranwell 1967
16 min Colour Sound* Std 8mm
The film depicts most aspects of life at the College, both formal and informal, but the emphasis is on the technical and practical training of young men.

398 KESTEVEN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Caythorpe 1967
15.5 min Colour Sound* Std 8mm
A full picture of life at the College, including formal instruction, practical work, and informal socialising.

399 STOCK CAR & MOTORCYCLE RACING
Cadwell Park 1967
13 min Colour Sound* Std 8mm
Two separate films, each providing good, intimate coverage of events both on and off the track. Riders featured include Mike Halewood and others.

400 NURSES’ TRAINING
Grantham c1967
10 min Colour Sound* Std 8mm
Student nurses undergo both formal classroom instruction, and practical training on the wards at Grantham & Kesteven General Hospital. Some informal scenes in the students’ living quarters are also included.