An amateur film produced by Ken Ellwood of the Coniston Cold Country Festival taking place at Coniston Hall in Cumbria of Saturday September 4th, 1976. The Burrell General Purpose traction engine owned by the filmmaker is on display at the festival and wife Kath and daughter Deborah are on hand to help out. The film also captures many of the activities, stalls events taking place around Coniston Hall including a woman jumping from a parachute tower and model speed boats on Coniston Water...

An amateur film produced by Ken Ellwood of the Coniston Cold Country Festival taking place at Coniston Hall in Cumbria of Saturday September 4th, 1976. The Burrell General Purpose traction engine owned by the filmmaker is on display at the festival and wife Kath and daughter Deborah are on hand to help out. The film also captures many of the activities, stalls events taking place around Coniston Hall including a woman jumping from a parachute tower and model speed boats on Coniston Water itself. A poster on a wall for the Coniston Cold Country Festival changes to a vintage Rolls-Royce (Reg: GY 8877) turns into a driveway passing several steam traction engines on display. Deborah Ellwood polishes her nameplate attached to the Burrell General Purpose traction engine. Standing on the footplate of the engine her mother Kath polishes other parts of the engine. A man walks over to the traction engines passing the Rolls-Royce parked beside it. A group of men stand chatting beside several parked vehicles. Some of the men give directions to the drivers of other cars as they arrive at the venue. The Burrell General Purpose traction engine is driven along driveway near to Coniston Water passing comedy writer Barry Cryer sitting on the grass verge. The engine is reversed and parked on the grass behind a marquee. Women stand behind a table talking with a man and small child. A banner resting against the table can partly be read, ‘.. Treasure Hunt 2p’. The child picks out a prize from a barrel full of sawdust. Two older couples walk a dog across the lawn area in front on Coniston Hall while visitors walk around the festival site. A boy brings over two chairs placing them beside a microphone where an older woman in a blue outfit is standing. The woman sits at a table beside a younger woman who chat with a man standing beside the table. Nearby, a man lights his pipe while chatting with another man. A man makes a speech, beside him the two women seated at the table. Behind them eight cadets from the Parachute Regiment band in their red berets playing various percussion instruments. The watching crowd applauds and the woman in blue gets and makes a speech. A bouquet is presented to a young woman after which the women get up from the table and leave. Around a large marquee a crowd stands around chatting; two couples smile and point at the camera. The Parachute Regiment musicians walk through the crowd carrying their instruments. In the near distance the Burrell General Purpose traction engine, in the foreground people seated on hay bales watching a young woman making a parachute jump from a parachute tower watched over by members of the Parachute Regiment. Two men man the ‘Skipton and Craven’ stall in which people try to find a numbered disc hidden in a red bucket. A boy rides past on a donkey followed by children riding past on a carriage being pulled by a miniature steam traction engine. A crowd gather around a table on which a man is putting pins in a map or board. On a small table a large bottle of Moet Champagne and a sign that reads ‘The Worlds Largest Bottle of…’ A man rings a handbell, changes to a family sitting on bales of hay looking out on sailing dinghies on Coniston Water. In the foreground model speed boats speeding back and forth. A man stands on a small jetty casting his line as part of a fly-fishing competition. A judge stands along the water's edge measuring the distance of his cast and writing details in a small book. A couple ride past in a horse-and-trap while on the water the speedboats continue to zip across the lake. A steam calliope with several posters attached to it, the largest reads ‘Tom Varley’s Todber Museum of Steam. Gisburn’. A man with a notebook chats with a couple changes to show Coniston Hall on the far side of the lake with people sitting on the grass along the water’s edge. A conductor leads a brass band in a performance.