Amateur film footage of Newcastle Friendship Club members (a social club for older people) on a summer outing and picnic down the River Tyne, the ceremony for the consecration of the new wing of the Joel Intract Memorial Home of Rest for Aged Jews, Sunderland, 1962, and general scenes of Jesmond Dene Public Park in Newcastle.  This film is one in a collection of films recording life in the Jewish community of Newcastle, made by five independent film-makers between 1937 and 1962. Friendship...

Amateur film footage of Newcastle Friendship Club members (a social club for older people) on a summer outing and picnic down the River Tyne, the ceremony for the consecration of the new wing of the Joel Intract Memorial Home of Rest for Aged Jews, Sunderland, 1962, and general scenes of Jesmond Dene Public Park in Newcastle.  This film is one in a collection of films recording life in the Jewish community of Newcastle, made by five independent film-makers between 1937 and 1962. Friendship Club members and their families go on an outing down the River Tyne on one of the Mid-Tyne Ferries boats. Includes many scenes of a casual picnic on the banks of the Tyne at Ryton Willows. There are many group and individual portrait shots of the day trippers, women in summer frocks, one wearing cat eye glasses. Includes individual portrait shots of two women reclining on the grass. [Following sequence has shaky camerawork.] Film of the consecration of the new wing of Joel Intract Memorial Home of Rest for Aged Jews, Sunderland, in 1962, with high angle exterior shots of outdoor tea party, shots of speech and service by rabbis, of the large audience, and of a boy choir singing. People wear formal clothes, black suits for many of the men. General views of audience and guests attending ceremony in the gardens. Close-ups of some individuals in audience. General mid-summer scenes in Jesmond Dene public park in the early 1960s, with an old man feeding birds (the well known character Mr Winters, the Bird Man), bridge and waterfall, and people strolling by the Ouseburn beck. End title: The End End title: The End