This amateur film shows pupils of Percy Hedley School in Newcastle taking two trips to Scotland, staying at various hostels along the way. The film begins with the group of hostellers, many in wheelchairs, from Percy Hedley School in Newcastle posing for the camera. The blue school mini-bus and two Variety Club Sunshine Coaches are parked nearby. A view of a road sign reads ‘Gretna Services’, a single storey building with a car park. Here the two Variety Club Sunshine Coaches and the school...

This amateur film shows pupils of Percy Hedley School in Newcastle taking two trips to Scotland, staying at various hostels along the way. The film begins with the group of hostellers, many in wheelchairs, from Percy Hedley School in Newcastle posing for the camera. The blue school mini-bus and two Variety Club Sunshine Coaches are parked nearby. A view of a road sign reads ‘Gretna Services’, a single storey building with a car park. Here the two Variety Club Sunshine Coaches and the school mini-bus with its trailer carrying wheelchairs are parked. The camera shows a parade of shops nearby and picks out a coffee and milk bar named ‘Lovers Leap’ Some of the holiday group are taking refreshment and afterward leave and make their way back to car park. A view follows in front of the stepped entrance to the large stone-built building that is Ayr youth hostel. Some of the wheelchair hostellers have gathered at the foot of the steps. General views show the rather grand building with conical roofed turrets. A pupil in a wheelchair is helped down the steps by a male member of the school staff. The pupils, some pushed in their wheelchairs, head to the seaside. A view follows of a large bay looking towards hills and cliffs in the distance. A view follows of the large building the school group has just left bathed in sunshine against a dark grey sky. A horse and rider make their way along the beach, the hostellers make their way along the promenade. A view over the sea shows crepuscular rays from the sun poking through the grey clouds. The visitors stop at a children’s playground, a swing provides some interest for a couple from the school, others gather near a lost children kiosk, some others try a ‘teapot lid’ ride in the playground. A view follows of the convoy of three coaches traveling along a country road. A general view shows fields and hedgerows above cliffs with the sea and horizon beyond. The camera picks out a road sign for Croy Brae and underneath the name are words ‘Electric Brae’ This ‘gravity hill’ has attributed to it, the power to make vehicles or other moving objects run uphill. The effect is due to a natural optical illusion in the local landscape. Some of the pupils in wheelchairs with the help of staff try to demonstrate the illusion for the camera. A general view shows the tour buses parked next to an Automobile Association (AA) emergency telephone box just down the hill. A phantom passenger view taken from one of the coaches shows a number of houses at a coastal location with a view of the sea beyond. A ruined building possibly a castle stands on top of the cliff. A complete change of view follows as the film shows wheelchairs and their occupants in a building walking down a corridor. A number of staff or helpers stand just inside the doorway of what appears to be a small dormitory with pictures on the walls. The same staff members view another room which resembles a classroom with maps on a pinboard, a television in the centre of the room, and a blackboard on one wall. Outside in a car park, a number of small children traveling in a hand-pulled trolley are wheeled past the camera. An interior view shows a room equipped with physiotherapy or exercise equipment. Some of the teaching staff place names fashioned from plasticine on a mirror. General views follow of younger children sitting at desks. One boy sits with a typewriter; some older children sit at desks. In another part of the classroom each desk has a typewriter, while a member of staff gives assistance. The view changes to a landscaped area with grass, gravel, and concrete structures. A set of swings attracts small children who use them under supervision. A traveling view shows a predominantly single storey modern building, with an insignia displayed on part of a two storey section which maybe the entrance. Next a change of scene, the holiday group gather in a field with mountains and hills in the distance, staff distributes drinks from a table. The hostellers take a meal in a cafeteria, a modern mural showing outlines of figures dominates one wall. Staff help distribute drinks and snacks to tables. One side of the cafeteria is in effect a large window overlooking a view of a river or loch. General views show the staff and hostellers at tables, chatting amongst themselves while they take their meal. Outside a general view shows the clean lines of a modern building with light grey walls. School pupils and staff prepare for the day's exploration. A view of the loch shows a small boat, with a mast but no sail set. Three people stand on the shore and skim flat stones on the water. Another view of the hostel building follows. Another view shows the hostellers waiting near their parked coaches outside the hostel. A general view shows a grassed area between the road and a loch. A car park with a number of parked vehicles stands near a jetty. The film cuts to a street scene in town, where, in their wheelchairs, members of the hostelling group congregate outside a shop. Not far from the Argyll Arms Hotel at Inverary, the hostellers gather on the green which faces Loch Fyne for a refreshment break. One of the staff puts money in a public viewing telescope for a better view of the loch. On the move in one of the coaches and a passenger, view shows one of the staff drivers at the wheel. A phantom passenger view shows the spectacular scenery of lochs and mountains as it goes by. Roadworks halt their progress, a sign on behalf of Tarmac Civil Engineering Ltd apologises for the inconvenience to motorists. A notice underneath the sign reads. ‘You Have Been Warned The Loch At This Point Is 350Ft Deep’. More views follow of local landscape [overexposed]. The three buses from the school make their way over an attractive old bridge. The hostellers stop at a car park next to a single storey building, a sign outside reads ‘Highland Arts’. A loch side or coastal view follows showing rocky outcrops near the loch shore, the weather is dull, murky and wet. The hostellers wear waterproof jackets and anoraks. A change of location the school pupils on as ferry looking over the ship's rail at the view. A number of them make their way to the wooden seats on deck. The ferry is leaving from Oban as a view of the town from the ferry shows the local folly known as McCaig’s Tower on Battery Hill. A view follows of the ships funnel as the youngsters gather near it. Others enjoy the view from inside looking through cabin windows. As the ferry moves off views follow of the hills and mountains coming down to the shore. Many of the children watch the scenery pass by from on deck. The ferry approaches a harbour; on the quayside, a single storey building has a sign which reads ‘Lochaline’. The village of Lochaline lies on the southern tip of the Morvern peninsula on the Sound of Mull, north west of Oban. Members of staff lean over the ship's rail and look at the camera. The boat docks and lowers gangways and ramps onto the quayside. A number of cars drive off. A change of view shows staff trying to get seagulls to take food from their hand. The ferry moves on into open water, and pass views of houses and buildings on grass covered outcrops. Another port of call is shown by the deployment of a gangway some members of staff walk down to the quayside. A change of scenery gives a closer view of dark brooding mountains towering over the shoreline. The blue school mini-bus parks on a road and a member of staff stands on its roof enjoying the scenery. A female member of the staff and one of the girls from the holiday group do some exploring on a nearby hillside. A male member of staff uses binoculars to look at the opposite bank across a stretch of water. A view follows one of the Sunshine Coaches traveling along a hillside road in the distance. A phantom passenger view from one of the school coaches shows the head of the dam as they drive by. Views follow of a range of mountains in the distance. From the vehicle views show open water bordered by trees and traffic-free roads. A view of a wooden clad building shows a sign nearby pointing the way to ‘Queen’s View’. Staff push hostellers in wheelchairs from the mini-buses to have refreshments first. The Queens View over Loch Tummel is said to be one of the most photographed views in Scotland, and a couple of pupils try to capture it with their cameras. The film shows the spectacular view of the stretch of water dammed to supply water for Scotland’s hydroelectricity scheme. Mountains with softer, green landscapes on their lower slopes dominate the skyline. More pupils and staff come to look at the view. The hostellers, those in wheelchairs getting help from staff, explore the parkland near the Queen’s View. Some then gather in their wheelchairs at the viewing point. The film moves on to a footbridge, as the hostellers in wheelchairs are pushed towards the camera. Some others gather at a viewpoint overlooking a river. A view of swings in a children’s playground follows, some children play on the swing another tries out a nearby slide. A phantom passenger view from one of the coaches shows trees and fields in the sunshine and a rainbow making an appearance over the landscape. General views follow from the vehicle of fields speeding by with mountains in the distance. Next a view follows of open water, with mountains in the distance and a variety of sailing craft on the water. A change of view shows the school mini-bus and the other variety club coaches, parked outside a stone built house. A member of staff puts wheelchairs into the trailer attached to the school mini-bus. Another traveling view follows of trees, mountains, and open water in sunny weather. The camera quite literally follows the twists and turns in the narrow road, sometimes turning the view upside down. A view follows of the passengers on the school mini-bus. A change shows a phantom passenger view of a motorway. Another change shows the three vehicles parked on rough ground in a lay-by. General views show hills and a few buildings including a service station on the opposite side of the road. Another passenger view follows showing a country road as the vehicle goes under a railway bridge, then passes a sign which reads ’England’. The bus travels through a small town following a Triumph Herald. It travels along a country road, past a road sign for the A66 showing destinations including Newcastle. Another stop at a lay-by follows in dull and wet open countryside. General views follow of the passengers smiling at the camera in one of the Variety Club coaches. Another sunshine coach joins the others at the lay-by. and views follow of the passengers. Three male staff members pose for the camera near one of the coaches. A general view of open countryside is followed by a phantom passenger view of a street sign for the A1 which reads ‘City Centre and Gateshead’. The vehicle moves off and another sign points the way to Ashington, Killingworth and Tynemouth. The vehicle makes its way along urban roads and finally turns into the gates of Percy Hedley School. The film ends as the blue school mini-bus parks up, followed by one of the Variety Club coaches