This film features the annual carnival which took place at Newlands Estate in Hull.  The carnival was held as a fundraising event for the orphanage and was one of the biggest annual events in Hull.  This film is currently the earliest in the YFA Collection to feature the Estate. The film begins with a number of different races taking place, and spectators can be seen along the side-lines.  The orphans who live at Newlands can be distinguished from the other children at the carnival as they...

This film features the annual carnival which took place at Newlands Estate in Hull.  The carnival was held as a fundraising event for the orphanage and was one of the biggest annual events in Hull.  This film is currently the earliest in the YFA Collection to feature the Estate. The film begins with a number of different races taking place, and spectators can be seen along the side-lines.  The orphans who live at Newlands can be distinguished from the other children at the carnival as they are dressed in uniform.  Young boys participate in a race where they must walk on small buckets with strings attached to them.  Following this are shots of the crowd which has gathered as well as more races. A group of older people pose on the steps leading to one of the houses, and children from the orphanage are lined up on either side of the walkway.  The group then walks away from the house. The children participate in more races including a wheelbarrow race, egg and spoon race, and a regular foot race.  The next section of film shows by Prince Albert, the Duke of York (who later became king as George VI), making a speech when laying the foundation stone for the University of Hull on 28 April 1928.  There are clergymen seated behind him. Back at the carnival, children from the orphanage mingle with the visitors.  Different carnival games are featured, and there is also footage of the large Estate.  The children can be seen playing on the grounds.  A brass band performs, and everyone is gathered closely to see the performance.  The conductor stands in the middle of the small band.  Next, the children from the orphanage are lined up in front of a house.  The adults come to speak to some of them, and there are more general shots of the carnival and those enjoying the event.  Children are seated on the grass, and families walk around the carnival.  Two young girls who wait outside one of the houses are practically hidden by the large bouquets of flowers which they hold.  A visitor arrives, receives the flowers, and poses with the children for a picture.  After this, the children who have been standing along the walkway march off, the boys on one side, and the girls on another.  A short parade takes place, and it is led by the brass band.  The children follow in the procession, and they march onto the field back at the Estate.  More races take place, first boys then girls, and a crowd of spectators have gathered at the side-lines.  The races include a skipping rope and obstacle course race.  There is also a race in which the boys compete against each other to find a pair of matching shoes before running off.  Newlands buildings can be seen in the background. The boys from the Nautical College are lined up on the field for a display.  They are all dressed in uniform and perform an exercise with rifles.  There are general shots of the carnival crowd, and back on the field, the boys from the Nautical College also perform a first aid display.  One of the boys is carried away on a stretcher, and others have different wraps and bandages as they march off the field.  The carnival part of the film closes with footage of the children playing leapfrog, doing cartwheels, and generally playing about.  Title – Sir Alan Cobham’s air Circus at Hull Biplanes fly through the air, and some can be seen parked on ground.  Folding chairs have been set up in the field for spectators.  There is a brief shot of a helicopter flying in the air, and the film closes with more footage of the planes both in the air and on the ground.  (Cobham’s Air display, 6th October, 1932 as part of a non-stop tour.)