CHESTER’S celluloid history is being laid bare at two screenings of archive footage at the Grosvenor Museum on July 12.
Chester on Film is part of a Manchester Metropolitan University programme to make the collection available to the public.
Supported by Vision+Media, the North West Film Archive will present public screenings of films from its collection at the Grosvenor Museum Chester.
The screenings will take place on Tuesday, July 12 at 2pm and 7.30pm.
The films to be shown will feature life in and around the Chester area over the past 100 years.
This specially selected compilation of films includes footage of Royal visits and other events around the city, including a visit by the Prince of Wales in 1926, skaters on the frozen River Dee in 1929 and the pageant of 1937.
Other footage includes Le Tellier winning the Chester Cup in 1952, colour film from the 1930s, Mike Sweeney working as a zoo keeper and two BBC regional TV documentaries from the 1980s.
Marion Hewitt, the archive’s service manager, said: “This is a great opportunity for the people of the city of Chester to enjoy an evening with a difference, and take a look back at life in their county in the past century.”
Vision and Media’s head of audience development, Deborah Parker, added: “The North West Film Archive is one of the UK’s finest moving image archives. Vision+Media are delighted to support Chester on Film, enabling local communities to reconnect with their region's past.”
The screenings will be presented by the archive’s collections assistant Geoff Senior.
