Made by filmmaker Walter Hale, this film features a number of trips to the seaside along the Yorkshire coast as well as the dismantlement of the Wilberforce Monument in Hull.  It took four months in total to move the monument from Monument Bridge to the Eastern end of Queens Gardens with work beginning in April 1935. On the 19th September, 1935 Queens Gardens was opened by Herbert Morrison, and the Wilberforce Monument was rededicated by Mrs. Arnold Reckitt, Wilberforce's great...

Made by filmmaker Walter Hale, this film features a number of trips to the seaside along the Yorkshire coast as well as the dismantlement of the Wilberforce Monument in Hull.  It took four months in total to move the monument from Monument Bridge to the Eastern end of Queens Gardens with work beginning in April 1935. On the 19th September, 1935 Queens Gardens was opened by Herbert Morrison, and the Wilberforce Monument was rededicated by Mrs. Arnold Reckitt, Wilberforce's great granddaughter. The film opens with waves crashing against the sea wall at Scarborough North Bay.  The stormy sea is shown from different vantage points, and there is a lot of spray as the waves come in.   Two men are seated at a table on a train, and both smoke pipes. May people, all dressed in overcoats, walk down a narrow street.  Some of the men and women hold umbrellas.  The next scenes are filmed from a boat as it makes its way down the Serpentine in London.  Houseboats can be seen moored along the sides.   And older man and woman are seated in deckchairs in their back garden in Hull. It’s the annual carnival at the Seamen’s Orphanage, Newlands, Hull.  There is a shot of the gazeebo and crowds wonder around the grounds on a windy day.  Different game stalls are set up around the estate.   At Bridlington, there are shots of the sea wall as well as the harbour filled with small boats.  The Brid Bing Boys have set up a small state on the promenade and perform to a group of onlookers, and the sea can be seen in the background.   Adults and children are in rowboats at Peasholem Park.  Lots of people wonder through the garden, and both teenagers and adults drive small motorboats in the lake.  On the beach at Scarborough, men push a safety boat on wheels as a group of children follow.   There’s a shot of the Yorkshireman ferry boat as it comes into the harbour.  A couple walk through the park, and on the beach at Bridlington, crowds of people are on the sand which is also littered with beach huts.  Young and old ride the motorboats in the park at Bridlington.   Whitby Abbey can be seen as footage is taken overlooking the harbour.  Crowds of holidaymakers walk up the hills opposite the Abbey ruins.   In Hull, there is a fundraising parade for the Princes Appeal.  The parade is made up of both horse-drawn and motorized floats which have been decorated for the occasion.  Many are sponsored by local companies as well, and walking alongside and in between the floats are people in fancy dress.  Spectators line the streets along the parade route.  Some of the floats are decorated with flowers, and a flatbed truck with two boys boxing passes by the Horne Brothers Limited shop.  Local businesses featured on some of the floats include:  Electric City (Drive Dull Care Away), CWS Biscuits, Regal Cinema, Jameson St. Emporium for Men’s Wear, Hull Co-Operative Society.  The parade moves on to Queen Victoria Square and passes by the Ferens Art Gallery.  There is a bus advertising, “Hull’s Appeal – give generously to the Princes Appeal.  There are closer shots of some of those taking part in the parade as well as members of the crowd as the majority of the parade has passed.   Title – The Passing of Wilberforce Filmed from the top of the art gallery, there is a shot across Victoria Square as scaffolding surrounds the Wilberforce monument.  There is a crane nearby, and the pedestrians and traffic fill the streets in the square.  The scaffolding is filmed in different stages as the monument is dismantled, and onlookers watch from the steps around the Queen Victoria monument.  Now filmed from the base of the monument, men use construction tools to break up the stone at the base.  There is also more footage of the square and street scenes around the area.       Title – Jubilee Day at Malton  The Jubilee parade makes its way through the centre of Malton.  A brass band leads the parade, and two men carry a banner:  Long Live our King and Queen.  Children in fancy dress pass spectators which have gathered along the route.  Some wheel bicycles covered in royal-themed decorations.  Different groups pass in the parade, all in fancy dress and quite typical of 1930s carnival celebrations.   Title – Jubilee Day at Kriby Moorside There are brief shots of a small crowd gathered outside a building in Kriby Moorside. Title – Empire Sunday 1935 A parade begins, passing in front of Ferens Art Gallery.  Scouts pass as the Lord Mayor takes a salute.  Large crowds line the side of the street, in places many people deep.   Brief footage of Filey beach follows as a man and boy make their way up the hill steps from the beach.  They stop and smile for the camera.  In East Park, Hull, children play in a seesaw.  There is a pond with ducks and more footage of the park’s gardens.  Children play on different rides at the park, and some row in boats on the pond.  A row of houses can be seen in the background.  Children play on a witch’s hat and on a slide.  Older women sit on a bench, and parents and their children relax on the grass.  There is also more footage of rowboats on the lake.   The film ends with the family playing in the back garden at Beresford Avenue in Hull.