This 1950s film was made by a filmmaker based in Owlerton, South Yorkshire. The film records a Skegness Whitsaturday ceremony taking place in great detail. There are also shots of a beach holiday and other leisure activities.  (B&W) INTERTITLE: CHOIR OUTING SKEGNESS. WHITSATURDAY 1950.  Men and women smile at the camera from a rowing boat. They leave the boat and go onto land.  There are lots of people roller skating. Some people fall while others glide passed the camera.  Young people...

This 1950s film was made by a filmmaker based in Owlerton, South Yorkshire. The film records a Skegness Whitsaturday ceremony taking place in great detail. There are also shots of a beach holiday and other leisure activities.  (B&W) INTERTITLE: CHOIR OUTING SKEGNESS. WHITSATURDAY 1950.  Men and women smile at the camera from a rowing boat. They leave the boat and go onto land.  There are lots of people roller skating. Some people fall while others glide passed the camera.  Young people enjoy a fast teacup ride at a fairground.  Children play on swings.  A man reads a religious book to a crowd of people outside. A priest stands next to him on the street.  A brass band plays for an audience in the street.  Women congregate and smile at the camera. INTERTITLE: GARDEN PARTY 1950 SUNDAY SCHOOL QUEEN 'BETTY BROWN' CAPTAIN 'GRAHAM CLARKE'.  Children are dressed in fine clothes and march slowly in a procession. They carry flowers on sticks.  The Queen and Captain are part of the procession. It comes to a stop and both are then seated. The Queen is crowned, and the Captain receives a badge.  Young women then dance in a circle as an older woman plays the piano.  The procession then becomes the focus again. There are close-ups of many of the youths who are participating. A small audience is seated and watching the ceremony.  Children take part in a fancy-dress competition.  An audience watches the proceedings.  A band conductor waves his baton.  There are shots of children and adults crowded around long tables.  Families have picnics in the grass.  Children crowd around the camera.   (Colour)  Children sit in a line outside.  The Queen and the Captain are glimpsed again and their procession.  Children dance around a maypole.  People applaud them, and a man speaks into a microphone.  Two female youths sing together and are accompanied on the piano.  Children appear to singalong in the crowd.  There are shots of large white tents in a field.  A boy unties one of the ropes holding up a tent.  There is a brief shot of a man playing cricket. (B&W) Two youths hug on a bus seat.  People sit on a bench and smile at the camera.  There are shots of people walking along a beach pier. There is a sign visible in one shot – ‘Wonderland’.  There are some more shots of roller-skating.  A man is sleeping in the grass.  There is a shot of people next to a bus smiling at the camera.   (Colour) The action returns to the ceremony involving the Captain and Queen. There are a number of shots of children in the crowd.   (B&W) Boys have a tug-of-war competition in the field with the large white tents.  Men encourage both sides.  People buy refreshments inside one of the tents.  Boys eat ice cream in the grass.  A marching band passes in the field.  Boys emerge from one of the white tents and smile at the camera.  A woman hangs washing outside one of the tents.  Children are sleeping in one of the tents.  A woman washes plates.  Children pack up their belongings.   A wedding takes place. Children walk towards the church. They are followed by the bride and an older man. There are shots inside the church.   (Colour) The married couple emerges from the church.  A band is playing next to them.  The band raise their brass instruments and form a tunnel for the married couple.  The married couple and their guests stand in front of the church.  There are close-ups of the couple and children outside. (B&W) People take part in a sack race.  Women eat ice cream and men drink beer.  Women compete in a tug-of-war competition.  People take sandwiches from a large box.  Adults attempt to skip with a large rope.  Shot of seated women.   The film returns to the procession.  The Queen and Captain walk towards the camera.  There is a short break in the film.  A woman speaks into a microphone.  Children play games together for a captive audience.  Children dance around the maypole again.  There are close-ups of participants in the ceremony.  People drink tea and eat biscuits.  Youths are seated around a table. INTERTITLE: STOCKWELL CINE SHORT.