Item title reads - Congleton.
Fishing competition at Congleton, Cheshire.
L/S of anglers milling about on the platform at the train station, they go through a turnstile. M/S as a bus passes through. Various shots as families walk along the river bank with their baskets. M/S as they take up their positions by the river. C/U as a man blows his whistle to start the competition. Good C/U profile of a young lady casting off. M/S of another lady sat with her fishing rod. M/S as camera pans up a man waiting for a catch. Various shots of the anglers, young and old, M/S of a basket of wriggling fish, M/S of a man asleep. L/S of the anglers lining the river bank.
FILM ID:985.03
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