🎬British Pathé – Traditional ceremony carried out a start of salmon fishing season by local vicar. Blessing the water at Muddeford. Originally part of News in a Nutshell - international news stories in brief. Muddeford, nr. Bournemouth, Dorset. Traditional ceremony at beginning of each year's salmon fishing. Various shots of procession of people and choir boys, led by Reverend Eric Dickson, walking down to beach. The vicar gives a short service. Various of Rev. Dickson in a rowing boat blessing the waters. Note: old records spell village name - Mudeford.

🎬British Pathé – English beach life comes back to normal after the war. Unused / unissued material. - Location and dates unknown / unclear. Possibly Bournemouth - certainly Southern England. Panning shots of anti-tank defences and barbed wire on seafront. In the distance people can be seen down on the beach. More shots of people walking to the beach. VS of workers collecting metal poles. They are being cut up. CU sign from Garrison Commander allowing people to bathe from the beach dated 25th July 1944. People in the background are sitting on deck chairs. VS of children and families playing on the beach. People laugh and joke and play in the sand, others relax in deck chairs. Great shots of children paddling and playing in sand. Pan across beach.

🎬British Pathé – Manchester United beats Bournemouth 2-1 in FA Cup 6th round football match. Bournemouth, Dorset. Start of the FA (Football Association) Cup 6th round football match between Bournemouth and Manchester United. GV. Players lined up for the kick off. Manchester United kick off. Playing from left to right against Bournemouth playing from right to left. Bournemouth all in white. General play. McGuinness pushes the ball up-field to a United player who collects it and gets on the move. SV. Godwin waiting in his goal. LV. Bournemouth goal area, ball comes over, John Berry tries a header but Godwin gathers safely and clears up field. CU. Woman in crowd. GV. Pan as the ball again comes into the Bournemouth goal area but is headed away. Stanley Newsham helps it down field with his head to clear the lines. As the ball goes towards the middle, Newsham runs on and beats Eddie Colman to the ball to help it on its way to start Bournemouth attack. LV. Stiffle with the ball. He pushes it out to Ollie Norris who shoots. Ray Wood smothers it for a corner to Bournemouth. This is the correct shot that caused the corner. CU. Cheering men in crowd. LV. Stiffle takes a corner kick. Ball comes across into the Manchester United goal area. SV. Ball coming in, Manchester appealing for the ball. Wood knocks it against the bar but Brian Bedford dashes in and heads it into the goal and jumps for joy. GV. Bedford runs away waving his arms with joy. GV. Crowd cheering. GV. Bournemouth on the move again. A quick pass-through from Stiffle finds Newsham who shoots, but Wood smothers the ball to save a nasty situation. CU. Man pulling faces in crowd. Half Time. Bournemouth 1 Manchester United 0. GV. Bournemouth goal area, ball running loose and a United player chasing it. He collects it and starts to bring the ball back towards the Bournemouth goal mouth. LV. Ball is slipped through to John Berry. He runs onto it and scores with ease - Bournemouth appeal for offside unsuccessfully. Ball in net. GV. Manchester United players congratulating each other. Score 1-1. SV. Crowd. Some people cheer for United. LV. Bournemouth player is trying to get past and Viollet brings him down just outside the Manchester area. CU. Small boy in crowd winces. LV. Bournemouth take their free kick. The ball comes into the United area where Wood jumps and punches clear. LV. Colman with the ball trying to set the United going. Kicks up field but is headed back and Colman collects it again and starts to run on. Michael Lyons gives him the most polite push in the back. It sends him flying and Lyons comes away with the ball and jabs a short pass. LV. Bournemouth player with the ball on the half way line running through, flicks it to Lewis Clayton who collects, runs on and shoots at the goal but the ball goes wide. CU. Man in crowd holding his head. BV. Wood runs to take goal kick. Kicks up-field. GV. Berry gets past a couple of Bournemouth men. He beats another one and is tackled by the next - Clayton. LV. Berry shakes off Clayton and shoots. Godwin parries the shot and it goes loose where a United man crosses it into the goal area. Another United man heads it but it is handled near the goal line and United appeal for a penalty. GV. United players with their hands up and the referee is pointing to the spot. SCU. Sad boy in crowd. LV. John Berry runs to take spot kick. Ball in back of net. Manchester United are through. Pan with happy players. Final score Manchester United 2 - Bournemouth 1.

🎬British Pathé – Item title reads - Bravo Bournemouth! Heroes of fifth round - force "the Hammers" to a replay - with meritorious 1 - 1 draw. Location unknown. (Bournemouth versus West Ham). M/S as the football teams run out onto the pitch. The referee shakes hands with the captains and they do the same, the coin is tossed. Various shots of the match, goalkeeper saves a goal then one is scored.

🎬British Pathé – An RAF pageant gives a display of formation flying in Hampshire. Full title reads: "Andover. 'Breathtaking & Beautiful' - Wessex Bombing area hold "at home" for RAF Pageant." Andover, Hampshire. Pan across airfield lined with Royal Air Force planes - part of a pageant. People are walking around looking at the aircraft. Three biplanes fly in formation overhead trailing coloured smoke. They perform a loop the loop

🎬British Pathé – Cinema Exhibitors Association Conference in Bournemouth. Full title reads: "Bournemouth. CEA Conference". Bournemouth, Dorset. Cinema Exhibitors Association Conference. Pan across crowded beach and seaside. End of shot of Bournemouth pier. Shot of CEA Delegates waving from pier. CU Ice cream man serving from van. Ken Allen and Harry Attlee are named among the ice cream eating delegates. Delegates walk along sea front eating ices. MS of Bill Carr (Northern Branch Chairman) with men and women of his Branch standing outside hotel. GV of seafront. MV of young women in swimsuits walking into water. MV of three chaps looking through telescope. MV of women coming out of water. Shots of women sitting on beach. GV of golf course. MV of golfers including Walter Eckhard and MacGregor-Scott playing golf. MV of them missing putts. Mr and Miss Bill Fielder and Mr and Mrs Bert Elton enjoy ice cream sundaes at La Gala cafe in the Conference venue. Mr and Mrs Bill Carr being served by waitress. CU Bill Carr feeds his wife ice cream on a spoon. Pan along row of hotels to end at Royal Bath Hotel. Various shots of delegates enjoying drinks reception. Lots of delegates are named as they enjoy their drinks. Special issue for CEA. Cataloguer's Note: All names taken from voiceover so spellings are guesses - MD