An amateur film produced by James Madden of a family making a visit to a steam traction rally taking place near the village of Corbridge in Northumberland. Two boys wander around looking at the various engines on display and enjoying the accompanying fair. A parade of steam traction engines as well as vintage vehicles make their way around the showground, the event ending with a parachute display. Title: Pathfinder Films Title: Corbridge Steam Traction Rally 1975 The film opens on a...

An amateur film produced by James Madden of a family making a visit to a steam traction rally taking place near the village of Corbridge in Northumberland. Two boys wander around looking at the various engines on display and enjoying the accompanying fair. A parade of steam traction engines as well as vintage vehicles make their way around the showground, the event ending with a parachute display. Title: Pathfinder Films Title: Corbridge Steam Traction Rally 1975 The film opens on a brightly coloured steam-powered musical organ or calliope playing in a field. An older man shows three people the workings of his miniature steam traction engine. A second miniature engine has a livery across the top that reads ‘Hogg's of Edgerston Jedburgh', two teenagers look it over in detail standing on a plinth. The two boys read a brochure while looking over a number of full-sized steam traction engines and a threshing machine many of which are in operation. A traction engine drives past a fair that includes a Superbowl ride spinning in the air. A children’s train ride is followed by the two boys playing a fishbowl carnival game and enjoying a toffee apple and candyfloss. At another stall, one of the boys uses a bebe gun to shoot targets. A small crowd gathers to watch a military brass band perform, a recruitment sign nearby is for the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. On a showground, a series of steam powered traction engines, vintage tractors, and a vintage ambulance drive past crowds watching from behind barriers or seated on a covered stand. From the sky a number of parachutists come into land in the centre of the showground. A compere speaks into a microphone from a covered booth and a group of boys crowds around a man waiting to get his autograph. The film ends with a number of small children standing around watching the calliope seen at the start of the film playing a tune. End credit: Production team Ian Wharton Michael Sharpe End credit: Directed by James Madden End title: The end