This amateur film records a Clarke Chapman company sports day in 1951 at Eslington Park in Gateshead. Events include boys’ and girls’ sprinting, long distance running, walking race, beanbag relay, and high jump. There is also a men's tug of war. Title: Eslington Park 1951 Title: C.C & CO. Sports The film begins with a panoramic view of a sports field at Eslington Park, Gateshead. An althletics running track has been painted on the grass, and canvass marquees are set up alongside...

This amateur film records a Clarke Chapman company sports day in 1951 at Eslington Park in Gateshead. Events include boys’ and girls’ sprinting, long distance running, walking race, beanbag relay, and high jump. There is also a men's tug of war. Title: Eslington Park 1951 Title: C.C & CO. Sports The film begins with a panoramic view of a sports field at Eslington Park, Gateshead. An althletics running track has been painted on the grass, and canvass marquees are set up alongside the track. In the background, industrial chimneys and housing of Gateshead is visible. View of a Union Flag flying in the breeze at the top of a flag pole. Young boys and girls wearing their school uniforms (shorts, ties, woollen tank tops; summer dresses), compete in sprinting races. They are awarded prizes. Senior boys' sprints then take place. Group portraits shots of the crowd who sit behind a rope fence alongside the athletics track. Girls compete in a running/picking-up objects race. Adult couples compete in a skipping relay. At the beginning of the race, the competitors have to blow up a balloon. Further views of the spectators. Close-up view of some of the competitors blowing up, then popping their balloons. Senior boys cross the finish line of a long distance race; one of the boys trips and falls. Teams of men compete in a tug of war. This is followed by a portrait shot of a group of men (probably the winning team), four kneeling down, and six standing behind them. Young women compete in a walking race. Young men compete in other sprints and hurdling races. They then compete in a high jump event. A little girl stands inside the running track eating; her parents then arrive and wipe her face clean. Men compete in sprinting races. [some underexposed] Views [underexposed] inside one of the marquees of the prize-giving ceremony.