Produced by husband-and-wife filmmaking team Harry and Rhonda Wilson this amateur film begins with a retriever dog trial taking place at North Lees Hall the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire in 1970. The film also features Monty Carter, head gamekeeper at Thoresby Hall in Nottinghamshire demonstrating dog training on the Thoresby Park Estate in 1971. In a large grassy field dogs and their owner gather. A man and his Golden retriever walk together before turning and stopping. Several...

Produced by husband-and-wife filmmaking team Harry and Rhonda Wilson this amateur film begins with a retriever dog trial taking place at North Lees Hall the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire in 1970. The film also features Monty Carter, head gamekeeper at Thoresby Hall in Nottinghamshire demonstrating dog training on the Thoresby Park Estate in 1971. In a large grassy field dogs and their owner gather. A man and his Golden retriever walk together before turning and stopping. Several other dogs and their owners do the same. A dog goes looking for something in some high grass. A man walks back towards a small group resting on a tree stump, behind him comes a group of dogs and their owners who walk past with two of the dogs jumping up and having to be restrained by their owners. A Cocker spaniel sits in a meadow surrounded by flowers changes to it chasing after a ball that is thrown by a man several times. Two boys come over with a Golden retriever followed by a woman. A group stand along a rivers edge watching as a dog swims through the water carrying an object delivering it its owner. A second dog jumps into the water, swim across to the other side before getting out and hunting for an object. Finding it the dog jumps back in the water making its way back to its owner. A Land Rover drives along a road passing near a large field. At the far end several dogs and their owners standing in a line. A ball or object is thrown and one of the dog’s races after it, still standing at the starting point the owner uses hand signals to give directions to their dog. The object found the dog returns to its owner. The exercise is repeated with several other dogs, the camera focusing not only on the dog but also the owners and their hand movements. A woman standing beside a building change to a man who appears to be speaking with the cameraperson. In a garden a religious icon made from tile changes to a colourful flower or display. In another field a man walks around in square, his dog following close beside him. The dog hunts through overgrowth for an object which it finds and brings it back to the man. The two of the stand together before the man sends the dog back into the undergrowth finding and returning another object. The exercise is repeated several times. Dogs and their owners stand in a line after which a silver shield is presented to a man, a woman comes to stand next to him as he poses with it for the camera. The dog sits beside the shield before playing with his owner.