Amateur footage by George Pennington, the owner of Cosy Coaches in Meadowfield, that features the Queen of Durham entrants and pageant, including the parade from the Wearmouth Bridge down North Bridge Street in Sunderland, and children in royal-themed fancy dress for local Coronation celebrations in 1953. Beauty queen contestants include Miss Spennymoor and Miss Broompark, who is pictured in a field at the County Durham mining village. [Colour] The film begins with an army marching band...

Amateur footage by George Pennington, the owner of Cosy Coaches in Meadowfield, that features the Queen of Durham entrants and pageant, including the parade from the Wearmouth Bridge down North Bridge Street in Sunderland, and children in royal-themed fancy dress for local Coronation celebrations in 1953. Beauty queen contestants include Miss Spennymoor and Miss Broompark, who is pictured in a field at the County Durham mining village. [Colour] The film begins with an army marching band parading past the Cosy Service Station in Meadowfield County Durham and then on through the village. Next,the Brandon and Byshottles beauty queen poses for the camera and she is joined by a group of other girls. [Black and white] Decorated vehicles carrying beauty pageant contestants arrive on North Bridge Street after crossing the Monkwearmouth Bridge in Sunderland. General views of rows of deck chairs along a sea front promenade. [Colour] The Miss Queen of Durham pageant follows, along with what appear to be displays celebrating the Queen's Coronation. Girls dressed in blue dresses congregate on a podium. A number of decorated floats go past, each celebrating a representative from Durham towns and villages including Miss Sunderland, Miss Felling, Miss Hetton and Miss Brandon and Byshottles. Contestants stand in a row while announcements are made from a sea front bandstand. [Black and white] The Queen of Durham waves to the camera as she is kissed by two sailors either side. [Colour] On a stage near a bandstand, beauty contestants sit in a row holding their numbered cards. They parade across the stage wearing frocks, twirl and pause for the spectators and judges before walking off. The Mayor awards flowers and other prizes to the participants. The Queen of Durham poses again for the camera. A marching band makes it's way down a street followed by horse drawn floats and children in fancy dress. Children pose for the camera in fancy dress with a royal theme. A girl poses for the camera wearing a sash which reads 'Miss Brancepeth'. [Black and white] A brass band gather in a field, cross country runners run past. In a street children and mothers pose together for the camera.