This is a film made by Vaughan and Co. of Hull of a Sports Day at St Philomena’s convent school for girls in Rise Hall, East Yorkshire. Title – ‘Tala’ ‘Let’s ice a cake’ Girls are seated on the playing field in front of the school.  There is an egg and spoon race which gets underway with the younger girls.  After this a group of older girls walk across the field accompanied by a teacher in a blue dress.  She lines them up and they have a sprint race and then another race, an obstacle race,...

This is a film made by Vaughan and Co. of Hull of a Sports Day at St Philomena’s convent school for girls in Rise Hall, East Yorkshire. Title – ‘Tala’ ‘Let’s ice a cake’ Girls are seated on the playing field in front of the school.  There is an egg and spoon race which gets underway with the younger girls.  After this a group of older girls walk across the field accompanied by a teacher in a blue dress.  She lines them up and they have a sprint race and then another race, an obstacle race, involving buckets, picking up an egg in a spoon held in the mouth and crawling along the ground, changing shoes and putting on coats.  There is another sprint race and a gymnastic display, after which the girls sit for the camera.  The girls then mingle with parents and teachers. The day continues with more races of various kinds.  The first race consists of younger girls racing on all fours, with the rest of the school watching from the side.  There is another sprint race, a three legged race and an egg and spoon race.  This is followed by another obstacle race, similar to the previous one, with nuns loitering on the side.  There is some more gymnastics with a gym horse. There is then an exhibition of horse riding, jumping over fences, followed by a relay race and more gymnastics to finish.