Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 Did anyone else get the days at junior school when somebody (from the education dept?) would come to the school with a film projector and a few reels of film. Then several classes of kids were herded into whichever room had curtains so that it could be turned into a "cinema", and you were forced to sit for an hour or so and watch whatever films they'd brought with them. There was never much variety. it was always Jacques Cousteau messing around underwater; Vivian Fuchs (a name to get everyone sniggering) exploring the Antarctic; and some anonymous nature film with a few animals or birds. It was a way of avoiding lessons for the morning, but it was usually so boring that you ended up wishing you were back in the classroom doing normal work. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 I don't recall films but recall being herded into 'the hall' and react to instructions on the radio. 'You are an aeroplane' - 'You are a tree' etc. I've never got over it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 Films for us at school were: 'Oliver Twist'* - shown in the main hall (we had to pay 2 shillings (10p) to see this, quite a sum back then). 'A Tale Of Two Cities'* - shown in a class room. *Note the emphasis on Classics by Charles Dickens Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,593 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 I remember paying 3d (three old pence) to watch the conquest of Everest at school (Highbank junior) early 60's possibly 62/63 Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 I do remember seeing a few films, but the only one that stuck in my memory was "The 39 Steps". A movie that is still watchable even though it shows its age, and is black & white! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 No films at school, but when we were doing Shakespeare in English, we were taken to see Julious Ceasar at the Cinema and a Midsummer Nights Dream played at the Theatre Royal. On second thoughts, not the Theatre Royal, but the Playhouse Theatre. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 Same for us at Becket, no films but trips to see; Coriolanus- very boring...........................not one of Bill's best.............. Iolanthe - not one of G & S's best!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 At High Pavement in the last day or two before the Christmas holidays there used to be film shows in the Science Lecture Room as an alternative for those who couldn't be accommodated in the Hall for the house play competition. The only two films that I can remember seeing are 'The Ladykillers' and 'Doctor at Sea'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 The one that sticks in my mind was a Disney nature film about the moose or elk or something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 Bambi........lol..........................................I'll get me coat 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 Ellis had film studies as part of the English lessons. We would watch a 15 minute short and then write a synopsis on what we had seen.There was a full film shown once a month early evenings. I never went to one but I remember the posters for three....'They were Expendable'....'Over the Rainbow'...and 'King Solomons Mines' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 At Glenbrook junior school we used to listen to a radio programme called How things began . It was about the pre-history periods like the Cambrian. We also watched cine films in the MI room mostly travel - I remember one about ship building on the Clyde. There was one film which stands out in my memory. It was on location with the NSPCC. It stayed with me for a long while. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 At Bingham Toothill, the only time we saw a film was he day before the Christmas holiday, we had classes like normal in the morning and after lunch we had a film show, the last film I remember watching, was Carry on Taxi, after the film the school gave us all a tea party before we went home on our Christmas holiday. At Langar C of E, I can remember listening to the radio, during music and science lessons, what the programs were called, I have no idea, only that they were programs for schools, maybe someone out there might know.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 I can't remember any films at school, but was taken by the Boys Brigade to see Ben Hur at the cinema top of Mansfield Rd Sherwood. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 At the Chandos Academy for the sons of gentlefolk, dahn Netho'. We had various films during the term time. All so memorable I can't remember what they were about now. One Christmas they did convert the hall into a cinema and show "The Titfield Thunderbolt" to the whole school. Made a change from the public canings. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattsdigs 104 Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 Cant remember which school it was but do recall being taken into town to watch Lawrence Olivier's "henry V" which had loads of boring bits but then lots of killing aftewards. I seem to think that we also went into town to see "richard 3rd" ( dick Sh*T as he was known) by the same actor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 I used to love watching Jacques Cousteau (#1) on the TV many years ago. I can't recall ever having any films at Trent Bridge though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 No I cant remember any films at Trent Bridge neither Michael, they had a 23 inch TV we used to watch school programs on, always remember the countdown clock on ITV or BBC schools. Mr Chambers sometimes let us see 'Bill & Ben' think he wished he hadn't though as we went 'phlob-a-lob' for the next few days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 I've no recollection of watching films at school but I do remember sitting on a desk at the front of a classroom, swinging my legs and watching some of the Rome Olympics in 1960 at lunchtime, not during lessons. I would have been 10. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 Don't know if it was at school or college but remember seeing a film about the building of the big suspension bridge, either the Fourth road bridge or the Humber one. We saw it a couple of times from memory, maybe when a teacher was off sick or whatever, still very interesting for me anyway. Only saw on a doco on tv the other day, that it is now becoming badly corroded in the main support wires and they were unsure of how long it had left before something major was required to repair or replace. I love watching these amazing feights of engineering, the big French bridge is another that comes to mind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 At Trent Bridge they had a stills projector they showed photos on, someone always made a shadow dog or duck face with their hand & the teacher would go into a rage, if the culprit was identified they'd get the cane.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 At Portland Junior School there was a small room up some stairs by the hall stage I think. They took the class up there and showed a film strip slide show of the Sorcerer's Apprentice and it had recorded music to go with it. That was the closest we ever got to a film! At BGS there was an after school film club for a time. I remember seeing The Vikings. Brilliant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 On 11/11/2013 at 1:27 AM, Michael Booth said: I used to love watching Jacques Cousteau (#1) on the TV many years ago. I can't recall ever having any films at Trent Bridge though. In my last year at Trent Bridge Juniors '64/65 there was a film club after school. We had to pay thruppence or a tanner to go in, all squeezing into one of the corner class-rooms. Some good stuff, I remember seeing a few war films including Bridge Over the River Kwai, The Pink Panther, another comedy called Sands of the Desert with Charlie Drake and She with Ursula Andress. What was really surprising was that She was still on at the pictures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValuerJim 277 Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 At HPGS, probably in the fifth form, to warn us off smoking we were treated to a film of a guy having part of his cancerous lung removed. In full colour! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nnsc 131 Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 I was also at HPGS and remember that we were shown a film about road traffic accidents which was extremely graphic. Body bits all over the place, and to top it off on another day we were hoarded around the abattoir to watch animals being slaughtered. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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