Description: The Mayor and Mayoress of Hackney in procession along with other councillors and groups including members of the clergy and the Hackney troop of Sea Scouts. The Mayor, one of the clergymen and a woman give speeches. The woman then uses a key to formally open the door to a building possibly a church). the procession of peopel proceed to follow. Outside a large group of people are gathered. The film may have been shot at locations at Richmond Road and Mayfield Mission Hall.