This is one of many films made by amateur filmmaker J E Dyson of Leeds.  This film shows a student rag day procession in Bradford, including floats, students collecting money for charity, and the crowds who have turned out to watch. Title – A Dyson Film The opening sequence shows coins and notes being dropped onto the title page.   In Bradford city centre people had out flyers for Rag Day, Saturday 17th May, 1958.  A large crowd had gathered on a street corner where a student stands with a...

This is one of many films made by amateur filmmaker J E Dyson of Leeds.  This film shows a student rag day procession in Bradford, including floats, students collecting money for charity, and the crowds who have turned out to watch. Title – A Dyson Film The opening sequence shows coins and notes being dropped onto the title page.   In Bradford city centre people had out flyers for Rag Day, Saturday 17th May, 1958.  A large crowd had gathered on a street corner where a student stands with a collection tin.   A fire engine arrives to go on the parade, which gets underway, led by a Highland band.  These groups are followed by a lorry for the “Signals Office,” for by a float with giant cans of Heinz products and a traditional jazz band.  Many more imaginative floats follow:  a beatnik float (spelt “beetnik”), a float with gallows erected on it, a float with a skiffle group, and another with the slogan, “please use your imagination.”  A large crowd watches as the parade goes by, with some dressed in space suits, passing the shop of ‘Somers ltd.’  Back at the Students club students are dancing to the traditional jazz band.  The closing sequence shows the coins and notes being grabbed by a hand. Title – The End