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The film starts with shots of Leicester from a train as it enters the city, before it arrives at the railway station. These shots are intercut with some old images of the town, including the market place.
What follows is a tour of the city and its immediate surroundings. This includes scenes of:
boot and shoe manufacturing, the manufacturing of clothes (including hosiery, suits, etc.), and the manufacturing of camera lenses and other instruments such as typewriters.
The Town Hall and some of its activities are shown. Pitchley Close is a street on a council estate, where, in one of its houses a family sits down to dinner, while children are playing outside. There are shots of several parks, followed by a view of the Rotherbury Nurseries. Boating on the lake, visiting flower displays and feeding ducks are some of the activities pursued in Abbey Park by the River Soar, where the remains of Leicester Abbey lie. Then it's off to the Public Museum at New Walk, which is filmed in as well as outside. The outside of the De Montfort Hall is shown. Police, who are regulating traffic, have their headquarters in Charles Street.Traffic wardens are also shown in action. There are several markets in the open air on the Market Square, which need to be cleaned up after closing time. Just outside the city lies Bradgate Park, famous for its herd of deer, the Swithland Reservoir, the ruins of Bradgate House, the grave of Earl Grey of Stamford and the memorial tower/rich man's folly 'Old John'. Back in town is the station of the Fire Brigade. The ambulance service are helping an injured man from under the rubble of collapsed houses, and bring him to the New Parks Clinic. This hospital incorporates childcare clinics and a laboratory that checks the purity of food and water, etc. Children are crossing at a lollipop crossing to go to school. Some other children are shown at school, for example during a chemistry lesson. Evening institutes offer several different activities; people are shown dancing, making music, in the library and during make-up application and drama class. For youths there are activities such as playing pool and table tennis. Sports are practised at the County Cricket Club at Grace Road, Leicester City football ground at Filbert Street, during a walking race and at an angling club. The film ends with shots of a military band and a carnival procession through Leicester, which includes a tour of the mayor in a horse drawn carriage.
Credits:
Produced by Edward Harris
Directed by Steve Knight
Commentary by Martin Craven
Music by The Leicester Symphony Orchestra
Camera: Earle Jobling
Sound and lighting: Dennis Plumb
Continuity: Malcolm Wright
Assistant Director: Brian Hill
Editor: Steve Knight
Assistant cameraman: Vic Perkins
Production company information was retrieved from the BFI Catalogue.