Made by the Doncaster Movie Makers and Camcorder Club, this film documents the annual festival held in Doncaster and captures the events as well as the lively spirit of the day. The film opens with a shot of empty grand stands around a sports field. There is then a close up of a dictionary and the camera focuses on the word 'Impel', which is defined as drive or force. Title - Doncaster cine guild presents. Title - Impel 76. This sequence shows the Impel Queen competition. Inside a...

Made by the Doncaster Movie Makers and Camcorder Club, this film documents the annual festival held in Doncaster and captures the events as well as the lively spirit of the day. The film opens with a shot of empty grand stands around a sports field. There is then a close up of a dictionary and the camera focuses on the word 'Impel', which is defined as drive or force. Title - Doncaster cine guild presents. Title - Impel 76. This sequence shows the Impel Queen competition. Inside a hall, young women in dresses stand around a room; some of the girls already have sashes, which possibly mean they were last year's winners. A seated audience watch as each competitor takes the stage and answers questions from a presenter with a microphone. The women then strut between the audience in a similar way to a fashion show, wearing 1970s skirts, before the winner is lead up to her thrown and presented with the sash and crown. The Queen then waves from a platform on a moving vehicle as the Impel celebrations get underway in the heart of Doncaster. A truck bearing the slogan 'move with the South Yorkshire Times' is shown driving past the small crowd gathered on the pavement. Policemen on horseback ride past the camera, followed by a marching band and then there are various floats with different signs such as 'Strawberry Island boat club', 'Moorends carefree', 'Elmfield house youth club' and 'Edlington youth centre'. There are then shots of an all-female marching band including a girl who plays a large xylophone. Spectators watch from the pavement as a group of children, dressed in bright red outfits, march past holding a large banner which says 'There's nothing in a name except what we make it'. More entertainment includes a girl guides marching band, a small band who play on the back of a car, people dressed up in costumes (such as a caveman) and a horse and cart. There is also a shot of one of the beauty queens, who is of young black girl, and she rides in the back of an open top Rolls Royce. The next sequence captures more floats going by with schoolchildren dressed in costumes, and a brief passage where the filmmaker captures the crowd from a moving float. There is then a shot of a float with a near life size house on the back. At the entrance of a building (most probably an exhibition centre) some important visitors shake hands with highly decorated servicemen. Jets fly overhead, before the action returns to the exhibition entrance, where the important figure cuts the ribbon to the building and people head inside. Inside the exhibition centre there is a row of pretty flower decorations and a stall which has a banner for the 'Doncaster evening post'. Visitors then mill round the various exhibits which include one that has a silver statue of a miner, another called 'The wonderland of glass' and one exhibit that features an overturned car. The sequence finishes with a child sitting on a display motorbike. The next sequence opens in a field where a woman looks up at a steel frame platform, which is many metres high and is branded with the words 'Royal Artillery'. A man is then lowered down from the platform on a harness. There is then a commando obstacle course; a young boy climbs a rock wall, then scales a net and finally slides down a flying fox. The filmmaker captures a cycling race in the centre of Doncaster and the pavements are crowded with spectators. The cyclist set off and race through the streets, and there are shots of the crowd cheering them on, before a referee stands in the road waving a chequered flag as the first riders come into view. On a lake a large crowd has amassed to watch as people lower their homemade boats into the water and try to sail them around; often the rafts fail to stay afloat. There is then a race between the boats and the competitors race away with the riders paddling furiously. A man then stands on top of a high platform and there is a shot of the audience sitting on the grass below wearing casual summer wear. The man dives head first into a pool of water below and repeats this performance several times; each time the platform goes high and higher. The filmmaker captures good slow-motion shots of some of the jumps and there are also views of the audience. Chaos ensues as a swarm of children play with sponge inflatables in an enclosure. Kids jump and bounce on the inflatables, before the children hoist them into the air and the carry them around. There are then some shots of face painting and close ups show the children with clown faces painted on. Back in the children's enclosure, a large inflatable ball is pushed around and then there is a shot of skeleton figure being inflated. A group of people bend down to tend to their remote control aeroplanes, making final preparations. The first plane takes off and quickly crashes. The next plane is more successful, taking off into the air where a man wearing a neck brace guides it through the air. There are then shots of enthusiasts working the controls as their model planes to perform acrobatics. The filmmaker then captures the beauty queen talking to a group of men, some of which are airship pilots. A close up shows the beauty queen smiling as she straps on a helmet. The hot air balloon is shown being inflated and several men heave at ropes trying to keep the air ship under control as it begins to takes shape. Eventually the hot air balloon is inflated, and it takes off carrying the Impel beauty queen, while emitting a cloud of red smoke. A trumpet salute is then given by several men in dark navy uniforms as the flags around the ground are brought down. The final shots show a service at Doncaster Minster. Title - Cameras - C Jackson, E Miles, E Calow. Title - And - T Roelich, M Miles. Title - Titles - E Miles. Editing/sound dubbing - T Roelich. Title - The end.