This is a promotional film made the Camping Club of Great Britain and Ireland using a fictional film of a couple, two professional actors, who decide to go camping for the first time in order to show the benefits of the Club.  The film also includes part of the annual ‘Feast of Lanterns’. Titles: With Tent and Rucksack The Two “NOVICE CAMPERS” Claud Hendy and Catherine Graham Produced by W. H. Pringle Photographed and Edited by John W. Mantle The film begins with our couple having tea in a...

This is a promotional film made the Camping Club of Great Britain and Ireland using a fictional film of a couple, two professional actors, who decide to go camping for the first time in order to show the benefits of the Club.  The film also includes part of the annual ‘Feast of Lanterns’. Titles: With Tent and Rucksack The Two “NOVICE CAMPERS” Claud Hendy and Catherine Graham Produced by W. H. Pringle Photographed and Edited by John W. Mantle The film begins with our couple having tea in a restaurant where they are looking through some brochures on continental holidays. Intertitle – “Let’s do something different” They notice that the couple at the next table, less formally dressed, have some camping brochures which they borrow to look at.  They then visit the Camping Club of GB in London, opposite the Grosvenor Hotel.  Here they are shown some more brochures. Intertitle – “Come and see one of our Permanent Sites” They arrive at one of the Club’s listed sites which is dotted with tents and cars, and they walk past a motorcycle and sidecar with their fox terrier dog.  A man in white shorts takes them on a tour of the site introducing them to some of the campers and caravanners, one of them showing the features of his tent. Intertitle – Whatever your taste in tents and equipment, experienced firms cater for it. They are next in a shop where a female assistant is showing them some of the camping cookware, such as a primus stove, and some sleeping bags, a rucksack and clothing.  They are then shown a tent and an airbed.  Next two men are cycling along a country lane with bags of camping gear.  They stop at a farm to ask if they can camp but are told they can’t.  They continue along a country path where they bump into our couple, with whom they stop and chat to. Intertitle – “Do you know of a camp site around here?” The couple get out the Camping Club Yearbook for 1938 and look through the index. Intertitle – Camping Club members receive every year a list of over 2,000 sites. The couple continue on their way until they get to a campsite where they try unsuccessfully to put up their tent.  An experienced camper arrives in a car, comes over to greet them. Intertitle – “Can I help?” He gives them a helping hand.  Then, with each of their tents up, the woman tries to use the stove, causing a large flame.  The man, after tripping over a guide rope, comes over to help. He walks off and she tries again, stoking it up too hard so that he returns and again turns it down. Intertitle – With a little practice a Primus works wonders. The woman pours out hot water into mugs. Intertitle – “Tea up” The man finishes drying his face and again trips over a guide rope. Intertitle – Campers soon make friends. A large group of people are sat around the tents drinking tea. Intertitle – Canoeing and Camping go well together. The couple take a canoe down to a river where others are expertly canoeing. Intertitle – There is also a folk-dance group. A group of men and women are dancing with a 78 playing on a portable record player. Our couple look on. Intertitle – There are also groups interested in Mountaineering, Photography and Caravanning.  Towards the end of the season the various District Associations hold “Feasts of Lanterns”. Our couple return to the campsite from a walk, and are followed by a car pulling a caravan, a motorcyclist, a bicyclist and a motorcycle and sidecar.  One couple open up their trailer which forms a small caravan.  Others collect firewood to build a bonfire. Intertitle – All join in community singing round the camp fire. In the evening they are all sat around the fire with a man conducting the singing. Intertitle – “For to-night we’ll be merry be!” They continue with the singing in the dark. Intertitle – The Camping Club was formed in 1902.  Lord Baden-Powell is President. A picture of Baden-Powell hangs on the wall of the offices of the Club where a man is writing behind a desk. Intertitle – H. W. Pegler, the General Secretary, Presents: - The CODE for GOOD CAMPING. He speaks to the camera. End Titles: Always ask for permission to camp; never camp on common or waste land.  Fire. Avoid lighting fires or throwing down matches near woods, bushes, or dry grass.  Refuse. Do not leave litter anywhere. Sanitation.  Good campers conform to the practice laid down in the Club’s Year Book. Country courtesy. Do not damage crops, wild flowers or woodlands.  Always shut gates behind you. The Camping Club Headquarters are at 38, Grosvenor Gardens, S.W.1.  Good camping to you.  The End.