This film documents sporting events at the WACAR Associated Sports Clubs Seventh Annual Inter-Company Sports day held at Eslington Park, Gateshead, including an egg & spoon race, high jump, tennis, cycle races and bowls.  Children also enjoy a Punch and Judy Show. WACAR comprises Wright Anderson & Company Limited, Clarke Chapman, Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company Limited and Redheugh Iron & Steel Company sports clubs. Smartly dressed families walk along a gravel path,...

This film documents sporting events at the WACAR Associated Sports Clubs Seventh Annual Inter-Company Sports day held at Eslington Park, Gateshead, including an egg & spoon race, high jump, tennis, cycle races and bowls.  Children also enjoy a Punch and Judy Show. WACAR comprises Wright Anderson & Company Limited, Clarke Chapman, Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company Limited and Redheugh Iron & Steel Company sports clubs. Smartly dressed families walk along a gravel path, arriving for the WACAR Associated Sports Clubs Seventh Annual Inter-Company Sports day, some men wearing suits with ties and cloth caps, and the women in belted coats. A woman in a grey overcoat hands out programme leaflets to members of the public. A close-up shows a spread of leaflets outlining the day’s events for the Wacar Associated Sports Clubs: Seventh Annual Inter Company Sports at Eslington Park, Gateshead, on Saturday 19 June, starting at 1:30pm. Further events are listed: “The Band of the Fifth Cadet Battalion – The Durham Light Infantry will be in Attendance'. Coins drop onto the leaflets. A blue, red, white and yellow WACAR flag flutters on a flagpole in a breeze. Young uniformed cadets of the Durham Light Infantry stand in line on the sports field. A girls’ sprint race takes place and officials speak to the winners after the finish. An elderly dignitary dressed in a tweed suit makes a speech before inspecting the cadets. Committee members and distinguished guests then exchange pleasantries, shaking hands and greeting one another on the sports field. A boy’s sprint race takes place. Officials mark results on their cards. A girls’ race is followed by the men’s sprint. A portly umpire in a white coat and flat cap fires a starter gun for the women's egg and spoon race. A men’s bowls match is in progress. A Punch and Judy show is taking place. Many children are gathered for the Punch and Judy show: giggling and enjoying the performance. Shots of the audience of children follow. A group of adults stand beneath a tree on the side-lines, also watching the show. Women make for the finish line in a walking race. Competitor 177 is patted on the back and congratulated. A men’s sprint race takes place. Shots of a cycling race are intercut with progress in a long or mid-distance men’s race. Various shots of the audience follow, some waving to camera. Another men’s cycling race is in progress. Two men play a hard court singles tennis match. The Band of the Fifth Cadet Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, marches around the athletics track playing brass instruments. There are close-ups of competitors in the men’s long jump, filmed from the end of the sandpit. Footage is cut together with another mid-distance race, close-ups of the competitors as they pass. An injured runner is treated as he sprawls on the grass. The winners of the mid-distance race reach the finish line. A men’s bowls match continues on the Eslington Park green. Title: The End