This film documents the events of the Youth Hostels Association International Conference of 1934, which took place in Derbyshire, UK. Representatives from youth hostels around Europe attended meetings and social events at the conference, particularly centred around Willersley Castle. Title card - ‘The Youth Hostels Association International Conference, Internationale Jugendherbergskonferenz England 1934’ YHA is shown written in stones on the ground. Intertitle - ‘From all parts of Europe-...

This film documents the events of the Youth Hostels Association International Conference of 1934, which took place in Derbyshire, UK. Representatives from youth hostels around Europe attended meetings and social events at the conference, particularly centred around Willersley Castle. Title card - ‘The Youth Hostels Association International Conference, Internationale Jugendherbergskonferenz England 1934’ YHA is shown written in stones on the ground. Intertitle - ‘From all parts of Europe- Von allen Teilen Europas-’ A Europe map shows England highlighted. ‘To England!’ followed by ‘Nach England!’, ‘Til England!’, ‘Naar England!’, ‘En Angleterre!’ titles cover the map. The map zooms into a bubble labelled ‘Derbyshire’. A Youth Hostels Association disc is shown, with an accommodation building revealed in the background. Intertitle - ‘-the Delegates come- -kommen die Delegierten-’ Representatives from different youth hostels around Europe arrive at the conference in Derbyshire; they are smartly dressed and some of them are holding leaflets/information. A sign outside the venue says ‘Willersley Castle: holiday guest house of the Wesley Guild’ - it blows in the wind. An entrance driveway is shown, followed by the ‘YHA’ written on the ground in stones outside Willersley Castle. Smartly dressed men are shown socialising outside the castle, and then posing together on the steps for a photograph. Intertitle - ‘They come to discuss and to plan - Sie kommen um Fragen zu besprechen und Pläne zu entwerfen’ The group of representatives are shown sitting in a room with tables, reading paperwork and writing notes, as well as discussing. Intertitle - ‘- to Entertain and be Entertained - Anregungen zu geben und zu empfangen’ The representatives are shown having fun and dancing together in a socialising space. Sword dancers are also shown entertaining the group. Speeches are given followed by more dancing. Another speech is given which prompts an emotional response by the man sitting at the front row, watching the man giving the speech. Signatures are given in a book. Two men are shown pushing a tandem bike outside. They are helped onto the bike by two others. Other attendees are shown trying to get on bikes, with crowds around them. Intertitle - ‘They come to see something of England and her Youth Hostels - Sie wollen etwas von England und seine Jugendherbergen sehen - ‘ Maps of Youth Hostels marked in England and Wales in 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1934 are shown. A group of the male representatives are shown standing outside a small bus, and they all get on. They are waved off by the women who are standing beside the bus. The bus drives away. Intertitle - ‘-Chester, Maeshafn, Llangollen, Shrewsbury’. The entrance to YHA Roodee House is shown. The representatives make their way off the bus and are shown socialising and smoking outside the building. Inside, some of them are having a cup of tea or coffee. Many of the party are shown having a look around various parts of the youth hostel building. They then get back on the bus. A countryside landscape is shown, as the bus makes its way through the countryside. The party is shown standing outside, followed by a group of them dancing. The YHA logo attached to a beam outside a building is shown. The representatives make their way into Hartington Hall. Intertitle ‘-Hartington Hall’. The group continue to make their way inside the hall through the front entrance. Intertitle - ‘The Delegates come to leave Symbols of International Friendship - Die Delegierten wollen Symbole Internationaler Freundschaft hinterlassen’ The group are shown planting a tree outside on the grounds of the building. They stand and admire the tree. Intertitle - ‘Symbols of International Agreement and Co-operation - Symbole Internationaler Einigkeit und Zusammenarbeit’ Maps and charts from other international youth hostels organisations are shown on walls. Intertitle - ‘They come to pave the way for understanding and peace - Sie kommen den weg zu Verständigung und Frieden vorzubereiten’ The representatives are shown socialising with each other. Intertitle - ‘They return with their hearts full of hope for the youth of all Nations - Sie kehren mit den Herzen voller Hoffnung für die Jugend aller Nationen’ The group are seen leaving the event and walking down the road. End title card - ‘Finis’