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[High School 'Bread, Ale and Cheese' ceremony]
We see well-dressed men and women in academic robes and mortarboards and men in official robes of office coming up some steps and shots taken inside the Council House of the High School 'Bread, Ale and Cheese' ceremony.
[Gift of Newstead Abbey]
This is followed by shots of the exterior of Newstead Abbey and Sir Julian Cahn (the donor of the Abbey and grounds) making a speech from a platform erected next to it with other guests seated in the background. Sir Charles Ian Fraser (donor of the Abbey contents) and the Greek Prime Minister , Mr Venizelos also make speeches We then see shots of the applauding crowd.
[Lifeboat Launch]
The next sequence shows the launching of a lifeboat named 'the City of Nottingham' at Hythe in Kent in 1930. We see the Lord Mayor of Nottingham (Councillor Wesson) trying on a sou'wester. We then see the Lord Mayor in his official robes at the launching ceremony. We see him smash a bottle of champagne against the bow and the fully-crewed lifeboat launch into the sea. Sir Albert Ball is also present.
[Opening of Tollerton airfield, 27th July 1929]
The next sequence shows an unidentified ceremony in which small trophies are presented to several men by an unidentified woman. This is followed by shots of dignatories and airmen waiting undercover at an airfield (possibly at the opening of Tollerton airfield). We see a light aircraft being started up and passengers climbing aboard. We see the plane taxiing across the airfield and taking off; this is probably the Lord Mayor (Alderman Atkey) flying out of Hucknall to receive the licence for Tollerton from the Under Secretary of State for Air.
[Proclamations]
We then see a group of dignatories coming out onto the steps of the Council House and Sir Albert Ball reading the proclamation for King Edward VIII to the waiting crowd. A second proclamation is read by Councillor Ernest Purser (King George VI proclamation). We also see shots of army buglers and cheering soldiers.
[King George VI Coronation Celebrations]
We next see shots of the Old Market Square illuminated and one particular display with a photograph of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the centre with a slogan "Long May They Reign", which appears to be part of the coronation celebrations. We also see several shots of the Co-operative Insurance Society and an illuminated tram with "Long Live The King" written on the side in lights.
[Northern Command Tattoo, July 1935]
We then see scenes from the Northern Command Tattoo, Wollaton Park, including a re-enactment of scenes from the Robin Hood legend, a military band and soldiers marching.
[Council House Sandbags]
We also see separate scenes of the Council House being sandbagged and shots of one of the lions with a sign "To Public Air Raid Shelter" and the Council House's front façade.
("Robin Hood" and his merry men once again seize the city - and hold the Mayor & Sheriffs to ransom, but this time for the hospitals - to raise £10,000) Sections from a 1923 Pathe Gazette newsreel showing students dressed as Robin Hood on the steps of the Exchange playing up to the crowd and then carrying an unidentified man (possibly Alderman Manning) down the steps and into a open-sided prison van parked in Smithy Row. We also see them 'capture' a policeman and see four 'prisoners' sitting in the back of the van with 'Robin Hood' standing on top.
No credits specified
The film was commissioned from the Nottingham & District Film Society by Nottingham City Council for the Festival of Britain celebrations in 1951.
The sequence showing the presentation of Newstead Abbey is an edited version of [Gift of Newstead Abbey]. The black & white shots of the sandbagging of the Council House are the same as the original colour film [Council House sandbags]. Much of this material was filmed by Harold Sherwin who was the secretary to the Lord Mayor of Nottingham.