Three school children visit some of the oldest buildings in Wolverhampton while comparing what they find with a a map that was created in 1750 by Isaac Taylor. We see shots of the city, details of the map and print illustrations throughout. Landmarks include St Peter's Church, the market and Peter Giffard's town house: Giffard House. We also see the exterior of Chillington Hall at Brewood in Staffordshire, another of Giffard's properties.
This is followed by shots of Molineux Hotel and the gates of Wolverhampton Wanderers football ground. Next we see shots of a statue of the Prince Consort, Prince Albert, Joans (previously Copes wine lodge), A.D. Foulkes (previously a hospital and dispensary), the Army Information Office (once the Mechanics Institute and first technical college), Royal Wolverhampton School, Pipers Row, the library, St John's Church and St John's Church organ. We see shots of a bulldozer and the construction of the first stage of the inner ring road passing St John's Church followed by a view of new blocks of flats in the distance. This is followed by shots of Georgian houses, houses being demolished, a timber-framed house on Victoria Street, briefly the original Grammar School buiding, also on Victoria Street. We then see shots of two coaching Inns - the Coach and Horses on Snow Hill and Swan and Peacock Inn which is also on Dudley Street followed by Craddocks Herbalist, a new housing estate and views of the newly opened Market Hall.
Produced by Wolverhampton Education Committee
[Commentary by Tom Mason]
[Directed by Tom Mason]
At a screening of this film in Wolverhampton it was suggested that the school children featured in this film were from Eastfield School which was on Willenhall Road in Wolverhampton. The film was made made by Tom Mason who is thought to have taught at Etheridge School and was later an inspector for Audio Visual Aids in Wolverhampton.