An amateur film produced by members of the Cleveland Cine Club showing Middlesbrough celebrating the world of folk music and dance, with its own version of the Welsh Eisteddfod. The film begins with parades travelling through Middlesbrough made up of costumed musicians and dancers from around the world. At the Prissick School base the dance groups perform for the crowds and the Tyne Tees Television cameras. The film begins in Victoria Square, where a parade is about to start. Two girls in...

An amateur film produced by members of the Cleveland Cine Club showing Middlesbrough celebrating the world of folk music and dance, with its own version of the Welsh Eisteddfod. The film begins with parades travelling through Middlesbrough made up of costumed musicians and dancers from around the world. At the Prissick School base the dance groups perform for the crowds and the Tyne Tees Television cameras. The film begins in Victoria Square, where a parade is about to start. Two girls in uniform stand either side of a red, white and blue banner which reads ‘Inter-Tie’. A brass band marches out onto Russell Street in front of the town hall, followed by the girls with the banner who are ahead of a group of scouts carrying the flag of every participating country. The film cuts to a shot of the Abbey National Building Society offices on Albert Road, opposite the town hall, where staff in an upper storey window look out on the spectacle. In the parade more flags appear. The film cuts to two women in traditional costume walking across the zebra crossing immediately in front of the Abbey National building. In the main parade international guests in traditional costume walk past. A brief shot shows workers constructing the new Cleveland Centre looking across to Victoria Square. The brass band seen earlier marches north up Albert Road, from the junction with Borough Road. Closely followed by the Inter Tie banner and the main Inter Tie parade, where participants of every country are led by a standard bearer carrying their country’s flag. The film cuts to a view of the parade from behind as the groups walk on up Albert Road. On the right hand side of the frame can be seen a covered walkway made of wooden panels and scaffolding. The film cuts back to three musicians playing accordions following on. Next a couple walk by in their country’s traditional costume and the man doffs his hat for the camera. The film cuts to Prissick school base, which is the main area for the many concerts, competitions and displays which make up the Eistedfodd. The participants, many of them in traditional costume, mingle with the crowds. Three women in costume possibly from Eastern Europe stop and pose for the camera. Other small groups of dancers and singers pose for the camera. Some girl guides and brownies are writing at a small table, just outside the Teesside Girl Guides marquee. A man standing next to a movie camera mounted on a tripod, lights his pipe. Some impromptu dancing begins on the grass near the marquees. A photographer adjusts his camera to take some still shots. More views follow of the same troupe dancing. The crowd look on. Next a female choir are put through their paces, with their choirmaster conducting. They are filmed by Tyne Tees Television cameras. Next, an Irish dance troupe. They walk on to the specially laid dance area, carrying a banner which reads: ‘Lindsay School’ and below that writing in Irish. Onlookers gather at the edge of the dance floor. More views of the Irish dancers followed by a low angle shot of a Tyne Tees cameraman on a high gantry. Another group of dancers form a circle with musical accompaniment from a set of bagpipes. A group of musicians pass in front of the Rotary Club marquee. The film cuts to a large hoarding which reads ‘1970 – Tees-Side International Eisteddfod’, just in front of it another group poses for photographs where the film ends