An amateur film of the Guisborough Grammar School Scout Troop summer camp to Howick in Northumberland in August 1939. The film begins with a view of two tents on a campsite. The film cuts to show a small cooking trench with metal bars across the top. Inside one of the tents the boys are seen waking up. Outside the tent one of the boys puts on a pair of shoes. Using a small shovel a boy takes out the ash from the now extinguished fire. Paper and twigs are added and lit. The film cuts to two...

An amateur film of the Guisborough Grammar School Scout Troop summer camp to Howick in Northumberland in August 1939. The film begins with a view of two tents on a campsite. The film cuts to show a small cooking trench with metal bars across the top. Inside one of the tents the boys are seen waking up. Outside the tent one of the boys puts on a pair of shoes. Using a small shovel a boy takes out the ash from the now extinguished fire. Paper and twigs are added and lit. The film cuts to two boys cooking porridge; one is stirring and the other is adding oats. Another boy cooks bacon in a rectangular pan over the fire. The film cuts to two other boys taking cabbage or lettuce leaves out of a bowl of water. The film cuts to two Scouts practising tying knots beside a canvas tent. As part of a First Aid exercise, the ropes are them tied around another Scout who is lying on the ground, to provide a makeshift stretcher.  Using the ropes they lift him off the ground. One of the Scouts uses an axe to cut wood. Around him are a number of other boys collecting wood.  Back at the campsite two boys use small spades to scrape the ground possibly to collect rubbish. Inside a metal can a steamed pudding is slowly cooking. General views of the Scouts cleaning the campsite. A Scout Master empties a crate of vegetables onto the ground watched over by a number of Scouts. Beside a fire a boy is seen poking it with a stick. The camera pans right to left showing the campsite and the Scouts involved in various activities. The film cuts to show food being served onto plates. A boy washes the steam pudding bowl in a basin of water. The film cuts to show five Scouts working together to pack one of the canvas tents into a large sack; behind them is parked a small flatbed truck On the railway platform at Little Mill the uniformed Scouts wait for the train next to piles of sacks that are probably their camping gear.. The film ends with the train pulling into the station.