A home movie produced by Robert Clerk filmed during May 1964 and May 1965 that features both a procession of juvenile jazz band as well as a civic procession marching through Gateshead. Several local juvenile jazz bands feature including the Gateshead Lionhearts, Felling Fusiliers and Southwick Wearsiders. The marching band of the Parachute Regiment lead the civic procession, and the film includes the regiments Shetland pony mascot draped in the regiment’s insignia. Title: May 1964 Two...

A home movie produced by Robert Clerk filmed during May 1964 and May 1965 that features both a procession of juvenile jazz band as well as a civic procession marching through Gateshead. Several local juvenile jazz bands feature including the Gateshead Lionhearts, Felling Fusiliers and Southwick Wearsiders. The marching band of the Parachute Regiment lead the civic procession, and the film includes the regiments Shetland pony mascot draped in the regiment’s insignia. Title: May 1964 Two small girls in white dresses or costume sits beside a decorative float. A man stands at the head of the Felling Fusiliers juvenile jazz band as they wait to start a procession, behind then a decorated double-decker bus. The majorette at the front of the procession raises her arms and the Felling Fusiliers begins to march behind their banner. Several adults accompany the band with the decorated double-decker bus driving slowly behind. A second juvenile jazz band marches behind the bus. Their name can’t be seen clearly on their banner, but they wear distinctive red jackets and white trousers. More juvenile jazz band follow marching alongside their banner and watched by crowds lining the route. At the rear several decorative floats driving past. The Gateshead Lionhearts banner resting against a wall changes to the juvenile jazz band marching along a road, the majorette at the front twirling her baton. The band turns right into a field where they proceed to march up and down in formation. The marching band for the Parachute Regiment leads a civic parade onto High Street in Gateshead, in the background the Tyne Bridge. Behind them come a detachment of policemen followed by various civic dignitaries including one man carrying the towns ceremonial mace. The procession makes a right turn passing more policemen standing to attention as well as a detachment from the Royal Navy. A member of the Parachute Regiment stands holding a Shetland pony, a rug with the regiment’s insignia is draped over the animal. The Parachute Regiment marches past. Title: May 1965 Atop a decorative float four small girls dressed in white stand around a young woman who is also dressed in white sitting on a throne. A man climbs off a bus, he stops on the bottom step to look at the camera. The Gateshead Lionhearts juvenile jazz band parades a long a street in the town, behind them come the Felling Fusiliers. Behind them the decorative float containing the girls in white which in turn is being accompanied by parade of men and women. The Felling Fusiliers march along Groat Market in Newcastle passing the Old Town Hall, behind them come the Southwick Wearsiders juvenile jazz band marching through the city. Back in Gateshead the marching band for the Parachute Regiment once again leads a detachment of policemen and as well as a procession of civic dignitaries along High Street. Again, someone is carrying the towns ceremonial mace. The procession comes to a stop along a busy street across the road from ‘John Ross & Sons’. The soldiers from the Parachute Regiment give a salute as the civic dignitaries make their way inside an unseen building. End title: The end