Amateur footage of the Queen’s visit to Bradford in 1954, a snow-covered Lister Park in 1913 and a scene from Billy Liar being shot on a Bradford street appears on an online calendar compiled by the Yorkshire Film Archive.
The charity, which has a collection of 4,000 films, mostly amateur footage of local life over the 20th Century, is available to view on the Telegraph & Argus website.
The calendar is on our website here - be sure to check back regularly for the weekly updates.
Each week 60 seconds of archive film footage is added and the Yorkshire Film Archive is urging businesses and local history groups to put the calendar on their websites.
“It’s a great way to share more gems from our regional film collections,” said archive manager Graham Relton. “By installing the Yorkshire Calendar, organisations can do their bit to preserve the region’s film heritage for future generations.
“Each week we upload a bite-sized clip of topical or seasonal interest. We’ve got lovely footage of children opening Christmas presents, and a New Year’s Eve party, which we’ll be uploading over the festive season.
“There’s a comment section for people to tell us more about the clips. Maybe a T&A reader was there at the time, or recognises someone on the film.”
The calendar includes footage of a visit by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to Bradford in October, 1954. The Royal couple are shown being greeted by the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Alderman White, in front of the Town Hall, then receiving a rapturous welcome from 20,000 schoolchildren at Park Avenue Cricket Ground. The Royals were driven through streets lined with flag-waving crowds, and visited Joseph Cawthra and Co, a textile company on Wakefield Road.
The Billy Liar footage, shot by local cine enthusiast David Chapman, goes behind the scenes of a military parade in a Bradford street. Actor Tom Courtenay is on horseback and director John Schlesinger looks on, with loudspeaker in hand.
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