Midlands News: 31.12.1956: Review of the Year

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Summary

Compilation containing clips from 1956 Midlands News stories.

Year:

1956

Duration:

0:05:00

Film type:

Black & White / Mute

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

All clips are short. Material remaining in this compilation is from stories that no longer exist elsewhre.
Sport montage containing:
Show jumping.
Motor cycle scramble.
Cricket.
Crown green bowls.
Hydroplane racing at Kingsbury.
Light aircraft.
News montage:
Trade union meeting.
Wheelbarrow race in Nottinghamshire (May 1956)
Mayor at ceremony.
Sign for Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire (rest of this is in ATV Today 12 May 1966).
Low water level at Bittell Reservoir in Worcestershire due to drought.
Rowing event.
Carnival Queen presentation
Journalist Douglas Warth on street (opening Shalimar Restaurant in Birmingham?)
Church artwork.
People in rain waiting for royal visit by Princess Margaret.
Building project.
Unidentified village.
Unveiling statue at Technical College on Broad Street in Birmingham (14.09.1956)
Woman visiting exhibition (Ideal Home Exhibition at Bingley Hall 25.09.1956?)
Visit to coal mine (Conservative MP Aubrey Jones at Cannock Colliery?)
Tractor display.
British Legion rally (may be Remembrance Service held at Hanley).
Horse and cart used during petrol rationing.
Turkeys.
Group of people running across field?
Father Christmas in parade (at Shrewsbury?).
Man walking in deep snow and children on sledges. (Handsworth?).


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

Transmission date is unknown. December is probable.