Produced by husband-and-wife filmmakers Harry and Rhonda Wilson a record an elimination round in the National Coal Board (NCB) Regional Firefighting Competitions taking place at Barrow Colliery in Worsborough, South Yorkshire in 1963 followed by the finals taking place at Doncaster Racecourse between 1963 and 1965. The film also records their daughter Janet with her pet poodle Cheri visiting Sheffield Botanical Gardens as well as a Coal Industries Social and Welfare Organisation (CISWO)...

Produced by husband-and-wife filmmakers Harry and Rhonda Wilson a record an elimination round in the National Coal Board (NCB) Regional Firefighting Competitions taking place at Barrow Colliery in Worsborough, South Yorkshire in 1963 followed by the finals taking place at Doncaster Racecourse between 1963 and 1965. The film also records their daughter Janet with her pet poodle Cheri visiting Sheffield Botanical Gardens as well as a Coal Industries Social and Welfare Organisation (CISWO) tennis tournament taking place in the village of Hickleton in 1965 between players from NCB Yorkshire and Derbyshire. Title: Fire-Fighting Title: Barrow Colliery ‘63 At Barrow Colliery men stand around outside the main gates, some stand beside a large chalk board with writing across the top that reads ‘N.C.B. No. 5 Area. Area Fire Fighting Competition’. Firemen in overalls and hardhats push bright red water pumps away from a watching crowd parking them beside each other in the near distance. One of the firemen rushes past unravelling a long fire hose and laying it out on the ground in front of him after which water flows along the hose and out of the nozzle. The event over the men disburses walking back towards the pump. One of the men stands beside a woman holding a child, he waves at the camera. Several other teams repeat the above event featuring them quickly unravelling their hoses, connecting the sections and getting water to flow threw them. Again, a crowd watches from the sidelines. The sequence ends with one of the men climbing a ladder inside a wooden frame. Title: Doncaster ‘63 Two women walking past quickly changes to a large banner hanging between two poles that reads ‘Yorkshire Division National Coal Board Fire Fighting Competition’. On the far side of the course at Doncaster Racecourse a large timer counts down changes to teams of firemen standing beside wrapped fire hoses while behind them people walk past marquees. As before at Barrow Colliery the hoses are pulled out at speed along a section of concrete, connected to a water pump and the water then spraying out of the nozzle being held by one of the men. Several water pumps are pulled out onto the racecourse itself where more teams taking part in the competition. Crowds watch the action from the stands. Title: Doncaster ‘64 Out on the track at Doncaster Racecourse several large water pumps. As before teams of men race against each other to unroll a fire hose, connect section both to each other and the pump after which water sprays out of the nozzle at speed. Crowds watch the competition from the stands. The entrance into the Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Title: Can You Guess Who? A photograph of a poodle and small girl changes to the girl with her parents feeding a parrot that sits on a stand inside the botanical gardens. The bird climbs over a woman’s shoulders before being placed back onto its stand. The girl and her parents come down a set of steps, she holds the poodle on a lead. The woman walks through the park with the poodle passing many decorative flower beds and colourful bushes. The photograph of the poodle and girl again this time with their names underneath; Cheri for the dog and Janet for the girl. The entrance into the Sheffield Botanical Gardens ends the sequences. A tennis rackets laying on the ground, two tennis balls and the next title card sitting on it. Title: Tennis Tournament On two courts four men play two singles matches changes to the girl with her poodle walking past men sitting on benches watching matches taking place on various tennis courts. A man and small child playing with a bat-and-ball changes to views from several men’s doubles matches being played. The girl continues to walk her dog around a park past other children while on the tennis courts the matches continue. Title: Doncaster ‘65 Large crowds gather near to the stands at Doncaster Racecourse waiting on the start of another fire hose competition. Several teams race along a concrete roadway unfurling their hoses and attached one end to a pump. A wooden frame is erected around one nozzle, a man heads inside climbs a ladder and holds it up as water comes out of it. The large timers on the course counting down again changes to a man walking around a garden with a small dog.