This film shows girl guides and their families camping at Wensleydale. The film opens with guides and helpers, probably family members, loading a large removal van. On the side of the van the removal company ‘Hardaker’s’ has painted its name, it also advertises its services being, ‘Local’, ‘Long Distance’, and offers ‘Part Loads’, they also offer ‘Removals’, ‘Storage’ and ‘Packing’. A view follows of guides and senior guides sitting in some free space in the van, alongside items for the...

This film shows girl guides and their families camping at Wensleydale. The film opens with guides and helpers, probably family members, loading a large removal van. On the side of the van the removal company ‘Hardaker’s’ has painted its name, it also advertises its services being, ‘Local’, ‘Long Distance’, and offers ‘Part Loads’, they also offer ‘Removals’, ‘Storage’ and ‘Packing’. A view follows of guides and senior guides sitting in some free space in the van, alongside items for the camp. They head off in the van leaving a suburban estate. The film changes to boys throwing a rugby ball in a car park. Also in the car park is the removal van. The guides mill around in the car park as a mechanic is works underneath the van at the rear. A van from the Kenning Motor Group is parked next to the removal van. Work on the removal van continues. The Kenning group provides vehicle breakdown service according to part of a notice on one of the rear doors. A mechanic removes a wheel and take it to the van. The film cuts to the group of guides waiting patiently as repairs to the removal van continue. The mechanic finishes the wheel repair and the passengers get back in the van. A change of location as the van is now parked next to an opening in a stone wall. Items are being removed from inside. A general view shows an open farm field with hills beyond. A woman waves at the camera; a car is parked on the field. Passengers get out of the van and more items are taken onto the field. Tents have been erected on the field. A home-made notice attached to a pole nearby reads, ‘53rd Hull Girl Guide Company, 1st Newland District Rangers. Another general view of the camp follows. The film cuts to a view of the guides flag with its trefoil insignia. Following more general views of the camp, several guides take the chance to do some sunbathing. A change of view as campers in swimsuits enter the rocky shallows of the local river. Some begin splashing each other, one uses the paddle of a rubber dinghy to soak one of the boys who are present. Soon a water fight is underway, this gives way to a calmer scene where many of the guides mainly paddle in the shallow but fast running water. The rubber dinghy is taken out of the water and carried along the far bank. General views show the girls and a few boys walking along the river. A helicopter flies overhead, the view then cuts to the camp where everyone relaxes and eats. Food is cooked on a makeshift wood burning stove, as two senior guides watch over the large pots cooking food. More general views follow of camp members sitting on the grass eating. Some with bowls in hand, rush to queue at the stove to get served. The food is served into their bowls as other patiently wait in the queue. A group of campers with back-packs head off across a field. The film cuts to show a road sign as you enter the Wensleydale village of West Witton. A general view shows the walkers consulting a map as they stop downhill on a rough track. General views show the dales landscape in bright sunshine. Another view shows two people walking towards the camera with a panoramic view of the countryside in the distance. The group sits down on grass and exposed rocks and have refreshments. Some stragglers join the group. The film moves on to what appears to be the grounds of Bowes Museum, where the guides sit on an area of grass not far from the main building. The film cuts back to the campsite, where a trestle table has been set up, and a group of guides stand around it, waving union jack flags. A large tent nearby is decorated with balloons. Food is served from the trestle table. Campers sit on the ground eating. Leaning over the wall of a stone bridge a solitary guide looks down at the river below. She watches the others swimming and sailing in rubber dinghies, others sunbathe on the riverbank. On a footpath a girl waves at the camera, in the distance a large manorial style house can be seen. On a stone wall an unusually tame swallow or house martin quite happily allows someone to stroke it. At the camp a man dressed in a towel combs his wet hair after a swim in the nearby river. General views follow of the river and people cooling off in the water. On the field near the camp, a stake is driven into the ground and a wellington boot is thrown at it from a distance, a game known as welly hoying or welly wanging attracts a number of participants. Others wear fancy dress which appears to commemorate a legend or folk story. Some win prizes for their costume in the form of books which they hold while posing for the camera. General views follow of those at the riverbank and enjoying themselves in the river. A passing game takes place where a small plastic cup is filled with water from the river and passed up a line of people on the bank. This involves several lines each racing the other possibly to fill a bucket with water. An area of river is cordoned off, and some sort of relay race takes place as one person swims across part of the river to the bank, then immediately another goes in the other direction. A general view shows two people enjoying a rowing trip in one of the rubber dinghies. In the river shallows a beach ball is thrown from a person in the centre of a circle to those in the outer circle. A group of the senior guides on the field stand in a line and do a dance which requires then to kick their legs. A group of men try to emulate them but give up quickly. General views of the campers either sitting in grass or chairs enjoying the evening sun. More fancy-dress antics follow, as a circle of peculiarly dressed individuals stand in a circle, each dance and move to drop an item in the centre. They then dance in a circle. General views of the costumed participants end the film.