Pop in to Stafford Library to watch this free screening of In and Around Stafford, featuring amateur film by Stafford film maker Reg Stoddard filmed during 1964 around Stafford.

The people of Stafford have really gone to town for their July carnival of 1964. Elaborately decorated floats, many from familiar local employers including English Electric and Lotus Shoes, slowly make their way past the crowds in the grand parade. The complex paddle steamer and the huge swan are particularly eye catching although we're not sure of the significance of the men dressed as babies and, unfortunately for them, it doesn't look like a particularly hot day.

This screening is bought to you courtesy of the Staffordshire Film Archive (www.filmarchive.org.uk). The archive was founded and developed by Ray Johnson MBE and is housed at the Media Archive for Central England (MACE) (www.macearchive.org). Alongside thousands of original archive films are many hours of complementary material generated by Ray to inform and enhance the films; interviews, relevant audio/visual materials and complete documentary video productions - several broadcast on television here and abroad.

The Pocket Film Festival activities have been made possible with support from Film Hub Midlands through funds from the National Lottery. Film Hub Midlands support people to watch, show, and make films in the Midlands.