An amateur city travelogue of Newcastle upon Tyne during the late 1950s. The film includes footage of the Newcastle Quayside Sunday market, traffic passing around Grey's Monument, Eldon Square, and ships on the River Tyne including the hopper barge ''Bessie Surtees' travelling up river through the opened Swing Bridge. The film also shows activities night and day at the Hoppings annual travelling fun fair, taking place during the last week of June. The film begins with a...

An amateur city travelogue of Newcastle upon Tyne during the late 1950s. The film includes footage of the Newcastle Quayside Sunday market, traffic passing around Grey's Monument, Eldon Square, and ships on the River Tyne including the hopper barge ''Bessie Surtees' travelling up river through the opened Swing Bridge. The film also shows activities night and day at the Hoppings annual travelling fun fair, taking place during the last week of June. The film begins with a map and an arrow that says 'You are here', followed by a sign that reads 'Newcastle'. There is a view looking up Grainger Street towards Grey's Monument, followed by a view looking up at at the monument itself. A train travels across a railway bridge while traffic travels underneath [possibly Westgate Road]. There is a view of Holy Jesus Hospital on City Road and a close-up of the hospital plaque on the building facade.  The film changes to show the Sunday Quayside Market looking down from the Tyne Bridge. A man smoking a pipe walks down a narrow alleyway. Down on the quayside itself, there are various shots of people walking around the market looking at the various stalls. Crowds gather to watch market sellers at their stalls. At one stall a large sign hangs behind the salesman, which reads 'Household Linen and Bedding from Sadies'. Another salesman sells two framed pictures, and another household ornaments. Various caged animals are displayed for sale at another part of Quayside market including white rats, dogs, fish and even two small monkeys. There is another view of the crowds and two boys carrying cotton candy (candyfloss) on a stick. A life buoy hangs from a wall, the words 'Newcastle-Upon-Tyne' written around the bottom of the ring. A large branch floats in the river beside the quayside. The cargo ship 'Brunswick Wharf' heads upstream along the Tyne passing near to the quayside. Another vessel is moored along the quayside; the Tyne Bridge can be seen just behind it. An old man sits on a green bench. He speaks to camera. There is a view of the rubbish on the now empty quayside. An old man looks through a wooden fruit crate. Bilge water is seen being pumped out of a ship along the quayside. A large banner hangs down from a building at the far end of an empty street just off the quayside. A woman walks up a set of steps leading to the Castle. The film cuts to a man leaning again a lamp post looking up at the Castle. The film changes again to show a set of steps leading up to a tower built into the city wall, possibly Morden Tower. The film cuts to a view looking along the path across the High Level Bridge beside the roadway. Looking down from this bridge is the Swing Bridge. A red bus crosses the Tyne Bridge into Gateshead. The Swing Bridge opens and the hopper barge 'Bessie Surtees' comes through. There is a view looking up at The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas. A man walks along a path beside a gas street lamp. His feet are seen walking across cobbled stones. He speaks to camera. General view of the Castle Keep and Black Gate, and of The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas seen from a distance. Looking down from a building on Grainger Street, traffic travels past Grey's Monument. A policeman directs traffic that is coming along Grainger Street, Grey Street and Blackett Street. A street sign hangs from a building reading 'Eldon Square'. General view of the war memorial in Eldon Square. A young girl chases pigeons near to the memorial. There is a close-up of a pigeon which is being held in someone's hands. A woman pours seed from a wicker basket into paper bags. A crowd stands around a flower stall. The film cuts to Newcastle Central Station where a number of red buses are seen parked outside while traffic moves along Neville Street. An electric trolley bus is parked up opposite the railway station. The film  changes to the Town Moor where there are views around the Hoppings travelling fair. Stuffed toys sway in the breeze over one of the games stalls. People browse the stalls. Children and adults ride a carousel. A man helps a little boy up steps with his mat onto a helter skelter. He rides the mat down the slide. General view of 'J. Graham's [steam] Yacht' ride in action. Waltzer cars spin around and around watched by two teenage girls. Another girl watches people enjoying the dodgem cars ride. A mother and son drive a dodgem. Swing boat rides are seen in action. The film cuts to a small stage on which show women in spangly purple costumes are preparing to publicise the sideshow. A fourth older woman holds up a card to the audience. One of the younger women is seen dancing on stage; behind her a sign reads 'The Human Naked Target, Paris with the Lid Off'.  On another stage a compere speaks to the audience beside a woman wearing a blindfold. On a third stage the crowd watch four different young women in showgirls are on a sideshow stage, an audience watching. People enjoy a Chair-o-plane ride. General view of crowds walking around the Town Moor. Hoppings. people ride on the Big Wheel. One showman, Lee Bennett, is dressed as a Native American Indian in feather headdress at his "guess your age" attraction. There's a general view of Ron Taylor's Excelsior Pavilion, crowds walking past in the foreground. A boxer limbers up punching at a punch ball. Standing nearby is a second performer who is wearing a sinister black balaclava mask. Inside the show booth, a boxer shadow boxes with a punch bag, the show lit with multiple ceiling light bulbs and painted murals in the background, with a scroll that reads 'from Booth to World Champion'. The second boxer in a balaclava stands nearby in the ring. Back outside at another show booth, young women in tasseled bikinis dance for the crowd outside a sideshow. The film cuts to show the Hoppings at night. The Space Cruiser ride stands in the background, the big wheel turning beside it. Neon lights light up a number of stalls and a Meteorite cage ride, hot dog stalls and crowd in the foreground, a Dive Bomber also in action against the night sky. The Meteorite spins round quickly, lights glowing. A whole sequence of shots show crowds enjoying the night time Hoppings, the rides lit up and spinning, with individual shots of the Chair-o-plane and other dynamic close-ups of rides, a stall carrying plastic bags of goldfish, and a final shot of the boxing booth.