This film is from the Cyril Higginson collection and contains scenes from a fundraising week that was held in Keighley, in West Yorkshire, in 1942 in order to raise funds to acquire a ship which has been adopted by Keighley. There are shots of the Mayor, Mayoress and other dignitaries making speeches, military and children's parades, people marking money raised, appeal for national savings certificates, and good footage of people watching newsreels and cartoons on mobile cinema screens....

This film is from the Cyril Higginson collection and contains scenes from a fundraising week that was held in Keighley, in West Yorkshire, in 1942 in order to raise funds to acquire a ship which has been adopted by Keighley. There are shots of the Mayor, Mayoress and other dignitaries making speeches, military and children's parades, people marking money raised, appeal for national savings certificates, and good footage of people watching newsreels and cartoons on mobile cinema screens. Title-1942 Title-an Ahhaggas Production Title-Keighley and District Cine Circle Title-Keep the Flag Flying Title-Keighley Warship Week Title-Objective Title-HM Destroyer Marne Title-14 to 21 March 1942 The first shot is of a crest in a glass window. Title-Keighley Title-Mayor and Mayoress Title-Mr Waterhouse, Miss Bottomley A man and a woman stand outside a building looking seriously at the camera. Title-The signal is save. Title-President the Mayor Title-Mr W Waterhouse There is another shot of the man standing outside the building. Title-Chairman Title-Sir W. Prince Smith There is a shot of another man looking at the camera. Title-Hon Gen Sec E. Rathcliffe There is a shot of this man. Title-Saturday March 14 The Mayor and Mayoress are on a stage with other dignitaries. The Mayor is making a speech, and then there is a shot of the Mayor and Mayoress and other dignitaries posing together in front of a lorry. In the next scene an army marching band walks down a road towards the camera. Title-The walk past. Title-Rear Admiral Fobes Sempill takes the salute. Title-Saturday March 14 520,000 The Mayor is dressed in full regalia and walks over to two men who are talking to the Admiral. There is a long sequence showing the various types of army and police officers that march past the Admiral and salute him; they include women's Army volunteers marching. There is a shot of the Admiral returning the salute, followed by shots of lorries, tanks and motorcycles driving along the road and navy, army trainees and Scouts marching. The Mayor leads the Admiral onto the stage, where he gives a speech. Title-The Navy is always on watch. There are a few shots taken of war ships sailing on the sea in formation. Then it cuts back to the stage where the Admiral is still making a speech and hands trophies to some men. Title-Sunday March 15. The army band marches down another street playing their music while army officers march in formation. Title-Monday March 16, 585, 000. Title-Procession of school children The army march and play music and are followed by a huge crowd of boys and girls who are accompanied by their teachers; they all look at the camera as the pass by. Title-Mr Thomas Boyce, Director of Education, Bradford. He stands on the stage with some other people and makes a speech; a young girl stands beside him with a cut out of a war ship. Title-Marking of Indicator by Elsie Greenwll of Haworth. The girl makes a speech and puts the cut out onto the indicator board. There is a shot of the huge crowd gathered around, taken from the stage. Title-Tuesday 17 March. A small film screen has been set up at the side of a road and adults and children sit and watch a Donald Duck cartoon. There is a lorry with `The Navy's Here! Warship Week' written on the side. A crowd of men, women and children watch a film about war plane and war ships in the little cinema on the street. Title-And now Title-A mate for Title-The Marne Title-Tuesday 17 March, 712, 000. Title-Sir William Prince Smith marks the indicator. Sir William is on a ladder and is being helped by another man to stick a piece of paper with the new total on the indicator. He makes a speech on the stage. Title-Wednesday 18 March, 804,000. Title-Mrs Bankcroft, the marker. She makes a speech and then stands on the ladder and moves the marker to the new total. Title-Thursday 19 March, 899, 000 Title-Major Morris Marks the Indicator. He makes a speech, then gets up on the ladder and moves the marker to the new total. There is a shot taken from the back of the crowd, looking up at the Mayor, Mayoress and other dignitaries that are on the stage. Title-Friday 20 March, 1, 191, 000. Title-Lieut Colonel R.M.J Goldie O.B.E. He climbs up the ladder and sticks up a piece of paper with the new total on it. He then makes a speech. Title-Give the Navy more ships. There are some shots of navy ships sailing through the water and firing off their guns. There is a shot from inside showing the guns being loaded. Title-Saturday's speakers Mr C Harrison, Mr W.J. Judson, Sir Donald Horsefall. Title-Saturday 21 March 1, 281, 000 A man makes a speech and then changes the total on the indicator. There is another panning shot of the audience and then another man makes a speech. Title-Mr W. Southwell Title-Keighley Savings Committee. A group of men chat and shake hands and smile for the camera. Title-Mr Donald of Lloyds Bank will advise you A man stares at the camera and then there is a shot of some money in a pile. Some text scrolls across the money which reads `Remember Hong Kong!' Title-The voice of Britain Title-Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill There is a still shot of him. Title-The final parade. The Admiral walks along the lines of soldiers and examines them. Then there is a shot of him climbing the ladder to the top of the indicator and moving it. Title-The Grand Total Title-1320126 Title-Well done Keighley There is another shot of the crest in the glass window. Title-Keep it up. Title-The signal is save. Title-Join a street savings group. There are shots taken of the back of terrace houses. Title-Workshops have savings groups. Title-Nelson said England expects every man to do his duty Title-Are you doing yours. Title-Buy war savings Title-Buy now Title-Right to Title-The End.