Summary

Reel 1. <br/> <br/>Intertitle gives viewer a brief introduction to the history of British Guiana. Georgetown on the Demerara River - the capital. View from on board a boat. The Government Ferry. La Penitence Wharf. People stand on the docks. Views of the Georgetown streets from the front of a tram. Another tram passes in the opposite direction. Men laying tram tracks move out of the way as the tram approaches. <br/> <br/>We see Georgetown police station. Also seen are lorries crammed with people, tree lined avenues, grand colonial buildings etc. Armistice Day parade. British Guiana Militia and Police form a Guard of Honour. Golf is popular in Georgetown. Well-to-do white men and their wives arrive at a golf course by car. We see some of the men teeing off. They have a black caddie. Cricket and tennis are also played in Georgetown. Queen's College is the big school and football is the popular game. Views of the Botanical Gardens from a moving vehicle. A group of young people pose for the cameras. One of the women smokes and another sits under a parasol. They walk along a path and a car drives past. <br/> <br/>The British Militia band plays by the sea wall. Children walk along the sea wall. The band plays in a bandstand. The fire brigade - the men run out of a building and climb aboard a fire engine. Two engines drive off down the street. Fire fighting techniques are demonstrated. The firemen are black, there is a white supervisor. Two fire floats - the "Vesta" and "Alert" keep watch on the quay side. <br/> <br/>See other reels.