This amateur film records a WACAR inter-club sports day. The annual event was organised for employees of Wright Anderson, Armstrong Whitworth, Redheugh Iron & Steel, and Clarke Chapman engineering firms in Newcastle and Gateshead, and probably took place at the 'WACAR' Associated Sports Clubs ground in Dunston, in sight of the Newcastle to Carlisle railway line, or possibly at Eslington Park, Gateshead. Events include boys’ and girls’ sprints, long distance running, walking, and...

This amateur film records a WACAR inter-club sports day. The annual event was organised for employees of Wright Anderson, Armstrong Whitworth, Redheugh Iron & Steel, and Clarke Chapman engineering firms in Newcastle and Gateshead, and probably took place at the 'WACAR' Associated Sports Clubs ground in Dunston, in sight of the Newcastle to Carlisle railway line, or possibly at Eslington Park, Gateshead. Events include boys’ and girls’ sprints, long distance running, walking, and high jump, tug of war, quoits, and a short awards ceremony. The film begins with views of marquees set up alongside a grass athletics track [possibly the Clarke Chapman sports field in Gateshead]. Boys and girls compete in a series of sprinting races, likely the 100 yard dash - they are wearing their school uniforms, woollen tank tops, ties, and braces. Views of the crowd. Parents sitting behind a ropeway watch the events. Many of the parents rest small children, toddlers, and babies on the knees. Senior boys (who wear sports clothing) compete in sprints. Girls take part in a mixed discipline relay race: they race to retrieve objects, blow up a balloon, and sprint towards a finish line arm-in-arm with a partner. Close-up of a woman who frantically tries to blow up a balloon. Views of the crowd. Another senior boys' sprinting race takes place. This is followed by a tug o' war competition between teams of grown men. After the match is won, competitors shake hands and celebrate. Three children strike a pose for the camera; one of the little girls, wearing thick glasses, looks bewildered. A quoits match is underway. A sequence of shots records various players throws, and the positions the quoits land in. Men compete in a sprinting race, wearing their everyday clothes. Couples take part in a team relay race where the man has to put on some clothes and then race with his female partner arm-in-arm to the finish line. Senior boys compete in a senior relay race. An announcer stands a an upright microphone reading results or making a speech. Women compete in a walking race. At the finish line, one exhausted woman collapses on the grass. A toddler plays beside the athletics track. A hurdles sprint takes place, followed by a long distance race. This sequence is inter-cut with scenes of the crowd who applaud the passing competitors. Views inside a marquee where a dinner or afternoon tea is taking place. Portrait shots of the various diners. Views of people leaving the marquees. Men compete in a high jump event, each scissor kicking over the high bar and landing on their feet in the sand pit on the other side. The crowd applaud. Portrait shot of a woman wearing fox fur over her shoulder - the piece is the whole animal: head as well as legs. She presents prizes to competitors. View of a flag flying in the wind at the top of a flag pole. On it, the letters WACAR. Title: End