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DetailsOriginal Format: Standard 8 Colour: Colour Sound: Silent Duration: 14 mins 50 secs Credits: Derrick P Walton
Subject: CELEBRATIONS / CEREMONIES FAMILY LIFE HEALTH / SOCIAL SERVICES
Summary This is the first of a series of films made by Derrick Walton of his son, Adrian, from birth through childhood. This film his first year, including his christening.
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This is the first of a series of films made by Derrick Walton of his son, Adrian, from birth through childhood. This film his first year, including his christening.
Title – Adrian Stephen Walton August 31st 1956
A nurse carries Adrian out of the maternity hospital at Skipton General Hospital to the waiting family car and passed to his mother. Adrian is held by a woman neighbour who comes across the road on their arrival home. Others also hold the baby, including grandma, while in...
This is the first of a series of films made by Derrick Walton of his son, Adrian, from birth through childhood. This film his first year, including his christening.
Title – Adrian Stephen Walton August 31st 1956
A nurse carries Adrian out of the maternity hospital at Skipton General Hospital to the waiting family car and passed to his mother. Adrian is held by a woman neighbour who comes across the road on their arrival home. Others also hold the baby, including grandma, while in the back garden there is a long line of washing. Mother changes his nappy, bathes him and bottle feeds him in front of a coal fire. Adrian is shown sitting on a chair, lying on the floor and being rocked to sleep by his mother. A cake is shown for Adrian’s christening, and he is with all the family outside a church. He is later held by his parents in the front room at Christmas time, with cards on string pinned onto the wall along their wedding photograph.
Adrian lies in his pram with a teething ring and has a bottle of juice, before playing with some newspaper. He is then fed some solids, and has a laugh as he gets bounced up and down by his dad. They take him to see his aunt and he lies in his pram. They go for a drive out to the country in their Morris Minor. Grandad takes him for a walk along the road with his dog. The film ends with grandma carrying Adrian around the garden to see the flowers.