The film shows members of the British Legion on their parade from Risley to Sandiacre and the annual Drumhead Service (year unknown). The film opens with various head-on shots of the British Legion members dressed in suits and medals marching down an unidentified road with a number of children and other followers walking along the pavement. As the marchers turn into the next street, at right angles to the camera, we see representatives of other groups, including the Auxiliary Fire Service, St John’s Ambulance and the Red Cross. The filmmaker’s wife, Maude Kingsbury, wearing a red uniform, heads the Red Cross deputation. This is followed by a brief shot of the Recreation Ground showing a flag being raised and a small crowd. We then see members of the various groups and onlookers gathered in the Sandiacre Market Place. We see the vicar in amongst them, followed by shots of the band marching through the Market Place and also standing next to a raised dais which holds a small group of dignitaries (civic and military). This is followed by shots of the march past and salute. We then see the band march off and shots of the crowd milling around the Market Place. The film ends with shots of the deer at Chatsworth and Chatsworth weir.
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The filmmaker, Ivan Kingsbury, was president of the Sandiacre and Risley branch of the British Legion for many years, as well as being the head warden and incident officer for the ARP in Risley during the Second World War. Unfortunately, he suffered from ill health and died in 1945 at the age of just 52.