This film shows the celebrations which took place to celebrate the 21st Birthday of the Youth Hostels Association, held at Alveston Youth Hostel (now known as Stratford-Upon-Avon Youth Hostel). The occasion was marked with an opening ceremony by Owen Bentley to an enthusiastic audience, followed by various types of dancing and socialising throughout the day. Title Card - ‘21st Birthday’. A man walks through a gate. Above the gate reads ‘Welcome to Alveston 21st Birthday Celebration’ on a...

This film shows the celebrations which took place to celebrate the 21st Birthday of the Youth Hostels Association, held at Alveston Youth Hostel (now known as Stratford-Upon-Avon Youth Hostel). The occasion was marked with an opening ceremony by Owen Bentley to an enthusiastic audience, followed by various types of dancing and socialising throughout the day. Title Card - ‘21st Birthday’. A man walks through a gate. Above the gate reads ‘Welcome to Alveston 21st Birthday Celebration’ on a banner. A crowd of people are sitting on chairs on the grass outside Alveston Youth Hostel. A man is standing outside talking, whilst another man is arranging something else behind him. Views from above show the people sitting in their seats, reading a piece of paper. A close-up of the piece of paper shows a programme for the 21st birthday celebrations. It includes the opening ceremony by Owen Bentley, followed by pole dancing and Morris dancing. A group of dancers walk onto the grass and start dancing with each other. One woman is playing an accordion and one woman is playing a violin. Everyone looks merry. Morris dancers are shown dancing with each other. Intertitle - ‘The Hobby Horse’. A man wearing a horse costume moves the mouth on the head as if it is speaking or making a noise. The Morris dancers continue dancing. A group of women sword dancers perform a dance with each other. The Morris dancers continue dancing. Intertitle - ‘The warden lends a hand’. The warden is shown making cups of tea. Intertitle - ‘After the Dancing’. People are shown sitting around chatting. Intertitle - ‘Romance or Finance’. A man and a woman are seen chatting on a bench. The youth hostel is shown covered in flags and decorations. Intertitle - ‘Seven hours later’. A woman is shown in bed asleep. Others are shown getting ready for bed and getting into bed. End title card - ‘The End.’ End title card - ‘A YHA film’.