The film starts with views of people posing for the camera standing next to a bi-plane and then a man examining dismantled engine parts. We then see views of a policeman on points duty directing traffic near to the clock tower in Skegness followed by an exterior view of the Tower Theatre and Cinema in the town. The camera cuts to a garden and we see a group of people posing for the camera followed by land yachts on a beach and then back to the garden where a group of women hold up Japanese style parasols. The next section shows several views of people skating on a frozen lake. We continue back in Skegness with a view of the outdoor bathing pool with people swimming or diving into the water. This is followed by a woman in a garden with a dog that does tricks jumping a bench.
The next section has inter-titles and was shot on 11 July 1928. We see crowds in the Market Place in Mansfield awaiting the arrival of King George V and Queen Mary. The royal car arrives but the visitors do not get out. We see crowds gathered outside the Dial Hotel and then the royal cars continue their journey along Market Street. A smaller crowd is then seen gathered on Peafield Lane at Mansfield Woodhouse where we see the royal cars driving past again (this may be on the return journey later in the day). The next section also has inter-titles and shows a visit by Field Marshall Viscount Allenby to open the Mansfield Grammar School memorial cricket pavilion including the Field Marshall making a speech and inspecting cadets from the school. This visit took place on 19 September 1928. The final section shows a one-legged man (likely to be local man Frank 'Peggy' Gadsby) diving into the sea from a high board built at the end of Skegness pier and views of adults with a dog on the beach.
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The film has notched inter-titles which have been digitally extended in the version shown on the website. The King and Queen stopped in Mansfield on their way to the Royal Show at Wollaton Park in Nottingham. They were staying as guests of the Duke of Portland at Welbeck Abbey and returned to Welbeck after the show. Consfusingly there were two amputees known for high dive exploits from piers in this era and both were from Nottingham. Frank Gadsby had lost his leg as a child but the other man lost his during the first world war and was best known for regular dives off New Brighton pier into the Mersey. The other diver wrote a long article about his exploits for the Times in 1962 although his identity was kept a secret.