This film documents the opening of a Police exhibition in a John Lewis store by the Mayor of Harrogate. The film shows VIP's being given a tour of the exhibit and several speeches made at the opening ceremony. The exhibit was called 'The police are always at your service exhibition', which displayed police equipment, documents and fashions from various periods. The film opens with a shot inside a John Lewis store, in Harrogate, where the exhibition is taking place. A senior...

This film documents the opening of a Police exhibition in a John Lewis store by the Mayor of Harrogate. The film shows VIP's being given a tour of the exhibit and several speeches made at the opening ceremony. The exhibit was called 'The police are always at your service exhibition', which displayed police equipment, documents and fashions from various periods. The film opens with a shot inside a John Lewis store, in Harrogate, where the exhibition is taking place. A senior police official gives a speech to VIPs, including the mayor of Wakefield, who sits beside the speaker wearing his ceremonial garments. Behind the speaker, general guests stand behind a diamond wire mesh fence. The speech comes to an end and there is a round of applause, before the mayor rises to also make a speech; interspersed during his speech are various shots of the guests, which include senior officials, local dignitaries - seated in the front before the speakers - and general guests standing in the back. One man is briefly shown taking a picture from between diamond mesh fence. Again applause as the Mayor finished his speech. A bespectacled man wearing a suit and time then also addresses the crowd. In an exhibition space the VIPs huddle, talking with the various show pieces around them, and there are several signs in the background that read 'Tufty clubs' and 'Film shows'. There is then a brief shot of a stall filled with various odds and ends of memorabilia, where two female officers stand behind, and a sign on the stall reads 'Please ask us'. The VIPs, led by the senior officer, are then shown more exhibits; the first is a sheaf of branches tied together, and the mayor gives his hand a smack with it, before a female VIP (possibly the Mayoress) does the same. They are then shown a glass cabinet filled with documents and photos, followed by two police dogs on a raised platform, who have name cards placed near them that read ' Arno' and 'Freda'. The Mayor then looks intently at an exhibit on the wall, before the VIPs gather around a glass display case that has model buildings. The final shots in this sequence shows the VIPs standing by a display that has a sign that reads 'police cadet training'; on display are diving, camping and survival equipment. The next sequence opens with an arching sign above the exhibition entrance that reads 'The police always at your service exhibition'. Outside the entrance of the John Lewis shop, two police hold German Sheppards on a leash, before shots show some of the gathered crowd on the pavement, and their late 1930s formal fashions. On a high street, officers on horseback then wait in the middle of a crossing, while pedestrians cross the road and several shops can be seen in the background. There is then a shot of the Gallery exhibition window from the outside, and a sign in the window reads 'Leeds city police'; there are also various objects associated with the police on display. Outside the gallery entrance, officers open the car doors for the VIPs as their cars pull up to the pavement. A shot then captures the Mayor posing for a picture with his wife, while a fairly large crowd can be seen watching in the background. Inside a dark room guest mingle over drinks. The Mayor then enters a room and shakes the hand of senior police officers. The VIPs file through the gallery reception towards the exhibition entrance, with other guest crowding round to watch as they pass. The action then returns to the speeches, and the sequence contains similar footage to that of the films initial sequence. The next sequence captures general visitors enjoying the exhibition; young children crowd around a glass case, which has a sign above that reads 'Spot the faults competition'. A young man in a sports jacket then pulls a length of rope from a display board that challenges the visitor to 'test your skill?'. A man in a trench coat and trilby stands below a sign that reads 'Road safety accident prevention', and there are other stalls including one called 'kiss of life demonstration', where a female officer demonstrates the correct way to perform such a crucial procedure. More attractions include a 999 calling both, old service uniforms on mannequins, and a driving simulator that tests thinking distances. Young boys then sit on a motorbike and are shown how it works, and there are more shots of people looking at some antiquated police equipment. The filmmaker gets a close up of a sign that reads 'Spot the fault competition', and a young girl writes on a piece of paper resting on the glass case. A group of woman and men stand around the case and point out Highway Code faults that have occurred on a model of an urban area. A young girl then places her competition sheet into a wooden box, which has a sign reading 'Entries here'. People then crowd around the entrance to an exhibit that has a sign that reads 'the black museum'. The final shots show people looking at weapons in a glass case, and an officer talking on a phone, which is followed by more general shots of visitors looking around.