Rifle Range For Boys Opened AKA Lord Mayor Of London (1914 1918)

Wakefield, Yorkshire. Lord Mayor of London opens Wakefield rifle range for children. Opens with shot of young boys marching in lines with rifles; toward camera; big building on left. Shot of group of boys with guns standing in field; pan across to boys facing the others; in a square; one taller; teenage boy in front of line. The Lord Mayor s contingent arrives. The lord m. of course in weird feathery hat and robes; with another man in robes and a lady in long dress; and coat and hat with feather. Following them are more adults in odd outfits; walking between the boys. Shot outside the big building; with ivy on walls; very traditional and schoollike. A few ladies and gentlemen walk by; and one car drives up. At ceremony for the opening. Upper class people standing outside; uniformed boys with rifles on sides of road; coaches drive through and towards camera; CUs coaches pulling up; people descending from coaches; incl. Lord Mayor in 3rd. Lord Mayor greeting people. Several men in robes walking down st