A compilation of amateur footage produced between the mid-1940s and early 1950s begins with a boat travelling along a river, possibly the Thames, during the 1950s passes a number of decorative properties and a small paddle-steamer. This is followed by a family at a caravan site possibly during the late 1940’s or early 1950s and then a family holiday to the Lake District believed made shortly after the end of World War Two that features a girl climbing to the summit of a peak surrounding...

A compilation of amateur footage produced between the mid-1940s and early 1950s begins with a boat travelling along a river, possibly the Thames, during the 1950s passes a number of decorative properties and a small paddle-steamer. This is followed by a family at a caravan site possibly during the late 1940’s or early 1950s and then a family holiday to the Lake District believed made shortly after the end of World War Two that features a girl climbing to the summit of a peak surrounding Ullswater and watching a local farmer dip his sheep. The film possibly returns to both the caravan site and river journey seen previously and ends with a farmer ploughing his field using horses. From a boat on a river a number of houses are built along the rivers edge, several have boats moored along a jetty beside their properties. The boat passes a small paddle steamer and then people relaxing along a riverbank. At a caravan site a crowd stand around as a group. Beside a caravan a man smoking a pipe removes a pair of overalls, siting in the doorway a woman is knitting. A family group sit around the caravan relaxing. A pleasure steamer cross Ullswater, the decks packed with passengers looking out on the surrounding countryside. A woman holds onto a rowing boat as a man and two women climb out of it. Two girls walk along a jetty and pull the leave on a signal letting a passing steamer know they want to board, a sign for the location of said jetty reads ‘Howtown’. A ferry pulls away from the jetty heading out across Ullswater, several passengers sit on the deck relaxing. From an elevated position overlooking Ullswater a girl in a red dress looks out across at peaks on the other side of the lake. She scrambles up a steep grassy bank, nearing a summit she turns and waves. Title: Energy Rewarded! The girl relaxes on a grassy bank overlooking Ullswater and the surrounding countryside. Below a steamer crossing the lake. Standing on a rocky promontory she points; the boat disappears out of view. A shepherd and his dogs’ herd a flock of sheep from the hills into a farmyard where two men split them into separate pens. The two men stir a mixture in two large buckets before pouring the content into a trough. Three children, including the girl seen previously, sit on a stone wall watching as the farm workers dip the sheep in the trough. Following their dipping the sheep are released into a field where a small dog sniffs around. Title: Where’s that lamp-post’? Some of the sheep follow the dog around the field, other walk away along a track. A woman looks out from the door of a caravan onto a wet or snowy day. In a muddy field a small crowd watches as a tractor pulls a Land Rover with caravan across the muddy field. A pleasure boat approaches a lock on a canal or river. A man wearing a white cap watches the boat approach, on the other side a boy turns the lock handle. Ducks on a pond and a woman pointing a stick at a Black swan on the water. On a seaside pier couples are waltzing, the camera focusing on two young girls in red dancing in the foreground. A farmer uses two Shire horses to plough a field.