This film documents a garden party at the Mount School in York, North Yorkshire. The filmmaker captures the guests - representatives from Bootham and the Mount schools - mingling, having tea and watching tennis; although there is no actual footage of tennis matches. Title - Bootham School calendar 1936. Title - Tea, talk and tennis at the mount. The film opens with a shot of the garden party through some string netting, and people can be seen at tables in suit, dresses and other formal...

This film documents a garden party at the Mount School in York, North Yorkshire. The filmmaker captures the guests - representatives from Bootham and the Mount schools - mingling, having tea and watching tennis; although there is no actual footage of tennis matches. Title - Bootham School calendar 1936. Title - Tea, talk and tennis at the mount. The film opens with a shot of the garden party through some string netting, and people can be seen at tables in suit, dresses and other formal wear, while others guest stand wade through the thronging crowd. Several women then surround a bespectacled man who laughs, and one of the women, wearing a bonnet, turns to face the camera. Title - Our first glimpse left us no doubt that we were at the mount. A shot captures an older woman talking to a girl, while in the background two young children can be seen playing with the tennis court net. Title - Roger Darby was early discovered telling subtle stories to Dr Hodgson. A rather reverent gentlemen with a distinguished moustaches talks to another suited man. Title - One prominent figure submitted with silent disapproval. An older gentleman white a white wispy moustache stares at the camera with a vacant expression. Title - Another was equally voluble. A young boy in a grey jacket speaks at the camera. Title - "Base line rally". An older couple twist their heads from side to side watching an unseen tennis rally. Title - Tennis over, the victors turned to more substantial things. A young man, covering tennis whites with a winter jacket, sits with a young woman (also wearing whites) by the side of a tennis court and they sip tea. Title - Which brings us to - A suited gentleman leads two women away from the camera. Title - he however warned our operator off as a "dangerous man." Title - An opinion almost inaudibly supported by the president elect. A close up shows a man (wearing a trilby) talking to a woman just off screen. Title - The president as usual, concentrated on the job in hand. The president strides past the camera. Title - One young man doubted the efficiency of our apparatus. A young boy wearing a jacket looks blankly into the camera. Title - Another doubted the honesty of our purpose. An elderly gentleman speaks fervently to several others gathered around him. Title - But we found one who doubted neither. A woman sitting beside the tennis court smiles at the camera. Title - A silent testimony to Mount actuals. A man wearing a hat and glasses takes a bite out of a sandwich. Title - Two southerners, the table emptied, had nothing more to do. Two older gentlemen sit at a table by a tent and one man smokes a pipe while the other stares up at the camera. Title - Tea and tennis over, talk remained. Several shots captured a group of woman chatting. Title - The instigator of "this film business" hoist with his own petard. The filmmaker, wearing a grey suit, talks to another man who informs him of the camera's presence and is annoyed at being caught out. Title - Jupiter Pluvius delayed his blessing so our last shot was of a smile. A woman wearing furs and a bonnet laughs. The final shot shows cakes being taken from a plate. Title - The end.