The compilation begins with a boy and an older woman gardening. A man in a hat then poses for the camera, lights a cigarette and offers it to the filmmaker.
Next is a shot of an elephant walking with a man and a pony along a verge adjacent to a road, which is followed by an old man walking in a back garden.
We then have footage of gliders landing and taking off (from the Long Mynd?) incorporating the descriptive intertitle. "A Two Seater Being Launched". Amy Johnson and Espen Hardwick feature.
After this we see a group of people exploring what appears to be an archaeological dig, which is followed by 'portraits' of old men with characterful faces.
Next is a record of a wedding at Saint John the Baptist's Church at Bishop's Castle including the bridesmaids arriving, the bride arriving with her father and then the bride and groom leaving the church under a firefighters' guard of honour. A shot of the bridesmaids follows and then the large crowd that had gathered in the churchyard leaves.
After this we see a dressed shire horse performing for the camera; an old man dressed in an overcoat and a bowler hat; footage of what could be a fete at which men play skittles(?); a group of adults larking in a back garden; a boy swimming and then shots of a harbour including a small motor boat and a sailing ship heading out to sea.
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In an article in the Shropshire Star dated 6 July 2016 about this piece of film Elizabeth-Anne Williams of the Bigger Picture Archive Project said: "An interview recorded with George Evans in 2011 and archived at Bishops Castle Heritage Resource Centre reveals that when the Second World War broke out, a travelling circus had been performing in Bishops Castle with three or four elephants in their troupe." When they packed up they left this elephant behind and it was subsequently housed in the stables at the Castle Hotel at Bishop's Castle.
Amy Johnson (1 July 1903 - 5 January 1941) was the first female aviator to fly solo from Britain to Australia. An article about this film in the Shropshire Star dated 21 June 2016 includes a comment from Elizabeth-Anne Shaw of Arts Alive: "We've been trying to date [the film]. We've been in touch with the Midlands Gliding Club, who have a picture of Amy Johnson in their club house on the Long Mynd dated 1938, but I'm not sure if that picture is of her on the Long Mynd."
Espen Hardwick founded the Midland Gliding Club in 1934.