This film is from the West Yorkshire Archive Service collection and was made by Jewish tailor and amateur filmmaker, Alec Baron. It contains miscellaneous pieces of footage of a group of men and women who are having a day out at the beach, including a shot of an entertainment troupe called the `The All Star Bookable Cavalcade'. Alec's family were Russian Jews who escaped the troubles and set up a tailoring business in Leeds. Alec developed a keen interest in film and theatre and set...

This film is from the West Yorkshire Archive Service collection and was made by Jewish tailor and amateur filmmaker, Alec Baron. It contains miscellaneous pieces of footage of a group of men and women who are having a day out at the beach, including a shot of an entertainment troupe called the `The All Star Bookable Cavalcade'. Alec's family were Russian Jews who escaped the troubles and set up a tailoring business in Leeds. Alec developed a keen interest in film and theatre and set up the first film society outside of London. His films capture family life and social events as well as educational and promotional style films made to encourage people to keep the Jewish way of life. There is a brief shot of a man walking along the grass and then there is a brief shot of Felix the Cat cartoon cut into it. The following shot is of the man walking along the grass towards the camera, then falling down and pretending to be dead. In the next section are shots of a group of men and women laughing and posing for the camera. Title-All Star Bookable Cavalcade There is a close up of a young man's head and then of his face as he talks to the camera. There is a brief shot of him yawning, stretching and sitting back into a deckchair.