This film is a record of a Home Guard procession through Ewden Valley, South Yorkshire. The film includes extensive footage of the procession route and participants beginning from the initial assembly through to the inspection at Ewden. Title - Home Guards Parade 64th West Riding H.G. SWW Unit Route March to Ewden Valley June 8th 1941 Film Produced by L.R. Dennis H.B. Jowitt By Permission of Mr J.K. Swales Assembly and Commencement of March The Home Guard assembles on a street. They hold...

This film is a record of a Home Guard procession through Ewden Valley, South Yorkshire. The film includes extensive footage of the procession route and participants beginning from the initial assembly through to the inspection at Ewden. Title - Home Guards Parade 64th West Riding H.G. SWW Unit Route March to Ewden Valley June 8th 1941 Film Produced by L.R. Dennis H.B. Jowitt By Permission of Mr J.K. Swales Assembly and Commencement of March The Home Guard assembles on a street. They hold guns and are in Home Guard uniform. A car passes them. Title - The Band W.A.A.F. 16th RAF Centre The women's band line, including drummers and a brass band lead by a woman, march past as the rest of the Home Guard follow. Title - Drum Major Right Sergeant Hudson. The leader, Sergeant Hudson, wears glasses and a smart suit. Some of the women behind her have leopard print bibs attached to the front of their uniforms, and they pose and smile to the camera. Title - Company Officer Lt T.R. Andrew A man with baton stands, there are more Home Guard in line, and the women get ready to lead the March down the street. People walk behind the march, and one woman pushes an old style buggy that is close to the ground but has a long handle. The procession goes past houses and down the roads of Ewden including going past the Middlewood Tavern. The camera man holds the camera and marches along with them while some look to the camera and smile. They can be seen from the bushes carrying along the road. Cars pass the procession as they continue through the village and to the countryside. Stone fences and houses line their way either side of the tarmacked roads. Further on the band halts behind a bus. (The camera is higher up and possibly on a horse.) There is a sign advertising: Corona Fruit Drinks - Take Thirst Place in the Home. Some people stop to look at the band and Home Guard march. The march goes past the Wharncliffe Arms, and old cars pass by the march. There are children on street as the men march past the Blue Ball Inn. The men stop outside, though some go in houses and have beer in glass tankards. There are close ups of some of the men as they smile for the camera. Some smoke cigarettes. Title - Ewden In Ewden an elevated shot shows the march and band together. They then enter a park where all the people are gathered as the Home Guard stops for inspection. Title - Inspection by Major H.R. Coultfield-Giles The women stand on one side near the lake whilst the Major inspects the Home Guard. They stand in rows as he walks up and down speaking to them. There is extensive footage of this military inspection. Some people are seated on chairs and watch the inspection take place. They are possibly local dignitaries and their wives. Title - The March Past A march past the main military men takes place. The Major salutes them. The film closes with the women's band posing and the Union Jack flag being raised behind them. Title - The End