LevelItem
Finding NoDDX1486/2/2
Extent1 item
Title'VE Day Celebrations. Beverley Town Council' video recording
Date8 May 2005
DescriptionOriginally deposited as a DVD-ROM

Contains video of VE Day celebrations held in Beverley on 8 May 2005.
Timing. Action of film:
(00:05) A banner announcing the celebrations.
(00:38) At 10am the bandstand and chairs are already set up in Saturday Market.
(01:10) Helen Watson, one of the organisers.
(02:05) Charity stalls at the other end of the market.
(02:35) The Land Army memorabilia stall, with some ladies dressed as Land Army girls.
(03:29) Vintage farm machinery.
(03:57) The Land Army banner.
(04:27) A display board showing Land Army wages.
(04:42) Fairground rides at the Sow Hill end of the market, including a Miller helter skelter.
(05:52) An Anderson shelter which has been put on wheels. There is a display of posters and news cuttings inside.
(07:13) The Beverley Town Council stall, with a huge cake commemorating the VE Day celebrations.
(07:33) A restored NAFFI van, which was once in a collection owned by Nicholas Lyndhurst's father. It is going to sell refreshments to the public.
(08:37) A close-up of the NAFFI crest on the side of the van.
(10:41) A short act of worship is led from the stage in Saturday Market by the Reverend Richard Teal.
(14:15) Reg. Walker describes a book of wartime memories of Beverley, compiled by Berna Moody and Duncan Jack. Contributors include Roland Mitchell, Joyce [Try], Harry Thompson, Stuart [Carr], Albert James, Ken [Fowley], Bill Guest, Len Winter, Muriel [Bessinge] and Maureen Chapman.
(18:01) Reg lists the day's events. These include music and dancing, a fancy dress competition for children, and a fireworks display.
(20:50) Joy Jack, the Mayor's wife, is dressed in a Wren's uniform.
(21:21) Mr Loft, the Mace-Bearer
(22:56) Beverley Borough Band play "The British Grenadiers." Four Land Army ladies are dancing on the dance floor at the front.
(25:14) The band play 'You'll Never Walk Alone'.
(30:11) A civil defence messenger motor cycle is parked on Saturday Market, next to some vintage cars.
(30:47) A vintage US Army vehicle, and a US Army Jeep.
(31:33) A man in Home Guard uniform.
(31:48) A dog wearing a khaki coat with 'Search Dog, Army Property' emblazoned on it.
(33:23) A Harley-Davidson despatch driver's motorcycle.
(34:02) The NAFFI van with a blackboard showing its current menu.
(34:30 The BBC Humberside Bus. A woman inside explains about the BBC Second World War website, 'The People's War'.
(35:45) Duncan Jack, the Mayor, makes a speech.
(38:07) David Cook, a re-enactor wearing an RAF uniform, makes a speech.
(41:06) Jack Conway with the Mayor and Mayoress.
(42:05) Three couples in 1940s dress dance to 1940s band music on the dance floor.
(43:39) Some people in 1940s costume do a group dance.
(45:41) The children's fancy dress competition, which took place during a hail storm.
(46:49) The Mayor says that there was a children's fancy dress competition held at Beverley Race Course on the real VE day.
(49:55) More film of vintage cars and motor cycles.
(52:46) The East Yorkshire bus with the roof modified to fit under North Bar.
(53:28) 'Mr Swing's Dance Orchestra' play 'My Blue Heaven' , and some members of the public take to the dance floor. The pavements are wet with rain.

Public access copy available in Audio-Visual room.
Preservica_Universal_URLhttps://eastriding.access.preservica.com/archive/sdb:deliverableUnit|4709e942-df0f-4911-9e3b-5ab07259d612/
AccessStatusOpen
PlaceCodeNA3416
SubjectVIDEO
ANNIVERSARIES
SECOND WORLD WAR
Places
CodeSet
NA3416BEVERLEY/BEVERLEY/BEVERLEY/YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING
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