This film made by local filmmaker Walter Gill looks at Hartlepool in the early 1970s. Title: Scenes of Hartlepool,1974 The film opens with a close-up of some daffodils, which then cuts to views of a large church and a back street between rows of terraced houses. A shot of the gravestone of William Tate follows, a parish clerk and author of a book about Hartlepool. Next a view of a church bell tower and spire, the another church and tower, St Hilda's on the Headland, Hartlepool, A...

This film made by local filmmaker Walter Gill looks at Hartlepool in the early 1970s. Title: Scenes of Hartlepool,1974 The film opens with a close-up of some daffodils, which then cuts to views of a large church and a back street between rows of terraced houses. A shot of the gravestone of William Tate follows, a parish clerk and author of a book about Hartlepool. Next a view of a church bell tower and spire, the another church and tower, St Hilda's on the Headland, Hartlepool, A family walk along the seafront promenade on the Headland, Hartlepool. The Russia Sebastopol Cannon is aimed out to sea near the Heugh Battery, guarding the Headland. A street sign reads:'Friar Street'. General views show a large stone building, the remains of St Hilda's Hospital, a manor house built around 1600 on the site of a 13th century monastic house, once used as a poor house. Next a view of St Hilda's Church on the Headland at Hartlepool, and the road leading up to the church. A general view of the Heugh Lighthouse and rocky coast follows. The final sequence retraces its steps back to flowers in bloom in a garden. Next a view of a mare and it's foal in a field. In a public park, trees in full leaf, shrubs are flowering, and back home roses bloom in a domestic garden. Next, out in the street, and the camera points upwards to a cloudscape. Then a general view follows of houses in a terraced street, which ends the film. Title: The End