This is an unfinished production by the recently formed Yorkshire Television.  It shows holidaymakers enjoying themselves at a Butlins camp in the 1960s.  There are various competitions and games, such as the glamorous grandmother competition and crazy races. Clapperboard: Yorkshire Television Production Title – Six Million, Dir.  M Blackstad,  Dir.  Peter Jackson, 24.6.68 The film opens with a view over countryside and an historical building (possibly Scarborough.)  Then it switches to...

This is an unfinished production by the recently formed Yorkshire Television.  It shows holidaymakers enjoying themselves at a Butlins camp in the 1960s.  There are various competitions and games, such as the glamorous grandmother competition and crazy races. Clapperboard: Yorkshire Television Production Title – Six Million, Dir.  M Blackstad,  Dir.  Peter Jackson, 24.6.68 The film opens with a view over countryside and an historical building (possibly Scarborough.)  Then it switches to holidaymakers in a large room at a Butlins camp.  They are watching a contest for most smart looking father and son.  This is followed by a glamorous grandmother competition, “organised in association with Reveille” (a holiday company).  A group of children sit on the floor watching as the grandmother’s stand on a stage holding up their numbers.  Some of the adults look slightly bored as the judges confer.  There is a brief glimpse of a beauty contest with women in bathing suits before the film goes outside to show a game involving couples, back-to-back, in a race.  This is followed by a women’s tug of war and then a piggy back race, and then a race with couples facing each other with heads touching (possibly holding a coin).  Then there is another tug of war and a race involving balloons, and an egg catching game. Back inside a man, presumably a Butlins comedian in ordinary clothes, is larking about with his a woman.  Then there is a beauty contest, followed by a children’s smart looking contest, and another father and son smart looking contest.  Back outside there is a race of couples pushing each other in prams, then a game with hoops, also using push chairs.  Then inside for a smart mothers and daughters contest. Then it’s onto men’s and women’s races in an outdoors swimming pool before moving back indoors for the “Miss She” competition.  A fancy dress parade takes place outside as well as another women’s tug of war and women racing with balloons between their legs.  This is followed by another father and son smart dressed competition.  Outside there is a highland band and Scottish dancing.  Back in the swimming pool, there is a game involving getting into wooden tubs, advertising the Sunday Mirror.  The film finishes back with the fathers and sons competition, showing those watching.