This is a film showing the Festival of Britain at the newly built South Bank in 1951, in London. There is also film of a loch in Scotland, and of a Sheffield University Students' Rag Parade. Titles: 'Produced by D. Evans' 'Happy Holidays'. The film starts showing a man in a white coat who is directing traffic at a junction where a tram is approaching. A couple of horse and carts cross on the far side of the road. A timber lorry passes. Pedestrians are crossing the...

This is a film showing the Festival of Britain at the newly built South Bank in 1951, in London. There is also film of a loch in Scotland, and of a Sheffield University Students' Rag Parade. Titles: 'Produced by D. Evans' 'Happy Holidays'. The film starts showing a man in a white coat who is directing traffic at a junction where a tram is approaching. A couple of horse and carts cross on the far side of the road. A timber lorry passes. Pedestrians are crossing the street in a busy shopping area, possibly in the Oxford Street area of London. Then on to Trafalgar Square and the cenotaph, Big Ben and the traffic crossing Westminster Bridge. There is a large church and a street scene before a tourist boat goes down the Thames and docks near Lower Richmond. The film shows another church and the surrounding housing area. The film switches to mountainous scenery, possibly a loch in Scotland. The surrounding area, including a village on the water's edge, is filmed from on board a boat going across the loch. There is another impressive church and a tourist steam boat docks on the loch. Intertitle - Here and There The film resumes showing the front of Westminster Abbey. Then St Paul's Cathedral and the Houses of Parliament, with buses and other traffic passing by, before returning to Trafalgar Square. Then boats are passing underneath a bridge, possibly Cannon Road Railway Bridge, being filmed from the South Bank, and the camera is swung around showing Big Ben. There is another church, with people walking around. A man and a woman walk past the camera roaming around the South Bank, from where the ships can be seen moored on the Thames. The film then shows visitors to the Festival of Britain at the South Bank, including the Skylon. Then on to a parade at Buckingham Palace. There is a view across south London and down onto the Festival from high up. The film switches to show a building and then the ruins of Fountains Abbey, where a group of people sit on the grass taking a rest. Then back to London, showing more street views of central London, including the Albany Hotel. A crowd has gathered to watch the procession of Sheffield Students' Rag Week, possibly filmed from where Fargate meets Church Street. The procession starts with a man on stilts and continues with many floats and students in fancy dress. Among the floats are ones with the following banners: 'African Scream', 'Abandoned Hopers' and 'Streetcar of Desire'. Across the road are the shops, 'Loxleys', 'Dying and Cleaning'. Dr Scolls' and 'Bradwell Bros.'