This film documents a carnival in Market Weighton and includes different sporting events, entertainment, and leisure activities. The film opens with a poster for the Market Weighton Carnival for May 1966. On top of this are placed the programmes and flyers for the various events one after another: the Carnival Queen, School Dance, the Band of the Queen's own Yorkshire Yeomanry, a football match, snooker, police dogs, road safety and a cricket match. The Carnival gets underway with a...

This film documents a carnival in Market Weighton and includes different sporting events, entertainment, and leisure activities. The film opens with a poster for the Market Weighton Carnival for May 1966. On top of this are placed the programmes and flyers for the various events one after another: the Carnival Queen, School Dance, the Band of the Queen's own Yorkshire Yeomanry, a football match, snooker, police dogs, road safety and a cricket match. The Carnival gets underway with a display of police dogs performing tricks, such as bringing down an armed man. This is followed by a cricket match. A flyer for 'Community Singing' is shown, with 'Mr Hynes and his steam organ.' A crowd of people are gathered around a stream engine with and a man conducting. This is followed by a steam traction engine pulling a large trailer. The engine was made by L.C. Byas and Son. Another flyer is shown for Hedworth Legionnaires Jazz Band and a 'Counter-Marching Display.' This display consists of girls and boys marching with a marching drum band. Their uniform is white trousers with a green top and hat. They carry a banner, with the figure of a white horse on a green background, and make their way on to a field. A large crowd had turned out to watch the event. Young children are lined up in fancy dress, and a youth is trying to climb a slippery pole. One young boy carries a banner saying, 'No More strikes.' Some of the contestants for the Carnival Queen are shown, and another youth attempts the slippery pole. There is a football match, after which the trophy is presented for 6-a-side football competition. The film again shows some of the contestants for the Carnival Queen and focuses on the winner. The other side of the banner is shown with an armed figure in classical dress with the initials 'H' 'L', and stating, 'Undaunted'. The winner of the Carnival Queen hands out trophies. There is a young girl, some elderly ladies, some people sitting at a table, and the chairs being packed away. The film finishes with a green flag with six round figures on it. MARKET WEIGHTON by H. W. LYON