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Descriptive intertitles introduce each section. "Victory March 1946". The film begins with shots of the Victory Day parade in London, 8th June 1946 filmed from Whitehall. Mainly static shots of the march/drive past, taken from an upper storey window over children’s heads, and showing military vehicles (including ambulances, an aircraft refueller and a fire tender) and representatives of the various Allied forces involved in World War II. "Trooping the Colour 1949". Mainly static shots of the 'Trooping of the Colour' for HM King George VI at Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall, 9th June 1949. First part of the ceremony only: march on, arrival of the Sovereign, inspection of the line and massed bands troop. "Miscellaneous". This section begins with shots of various men on board a docked ferry (Southern Railway ferry from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight), which then moves off. This is followed by footage of 'Derby Day' at Epsom, beginning with a long establishing shot of the racetrack, before concentrating on various groups of racegoers (a Southern Railway outing). We also see horses being led round the paddock and several races being run. The next sequence shows a small group of men and women involved in a series of outdoor activities (thought to be at a friend's home in Suffolk). We see two women pulling a small cart full of logs up a hill and unloading it, followed by shots of two men tightening a pulley which is attached to a tree. There are more shots of the women on an overgrown patch of land and, finally, we see the tree being pulled right over. This is followed by footage of the family in the garden at Glaston Hall. We see four women posing with a baby in front of a bench; they are then joined by two little boys. We then see a man in a round dinghy on a pond with the same two little boys and one of the women (presumably their mother) watching from the bank. The woman holds the boat into the shore with an oar so the man can get out. The next sequence shows a group of women sitting on deck chairs next to a tennis court where three little boys (two of them from the previous scene) are playing with cushions. They have a 'pillow fight' and try to balance the cushions on the net. This is followed by more shots of one of the older women on the bench. She is joined by the two original boys and their mother. Two more ladies with babies join the group. The women and children pose for the camera and the babies are passed around. The film ends with shots of a woman and two men (seen in the earlier 'outdoor' sequence) sitting down on the grass, a shot of six adults having a picnic and a final panning shot, showing a rather dilapidated looking house.
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The Colour being trooped on 9th June 1949 was that of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards. Colonel Sir Eric Gore-Browne OBE appears in the 'Leicestshire Yeomanry' films. He was knighted in 1948 and became High Sheriff of Rutland in 1957. Glaston Hall was the family home. Sir Eric was also a director of Southern Railways.