Set up in 1977, the North West Film Archive preserves moving images made in or about Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside and Cumbria and offers a variety of access services to users in the public, academic and commercial sectors.
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Apprentice Training
Earning and learning, as an apprentice begins his working life.
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Overview
Meet Colin, an aspiring apprentice, at the start of his working life. As this promotional film for the Churchill Machine Tool Company Ltd. of Altrincham demonstrates, practical work combined with theory will transform a school leaver into a fully trained member of the workforce. And who knows what is in store for our apprentice? Promotion perhaps, maybe one day to the post of managing director.
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