Description: After an introductory section, the video continues with copies of archival films. The first film is 'Visit of the Home and Atlantic Fleet to the Thames off Southend' from 1909. This is followed by 'Parade on the occasion of the installation of Alderman Tweedy-Smith as Mayor, Sunday 16 November 1924' showing the parade moving down Victoria Avenue in Southend and on to Prittlewell Church. There are then various scenes of holiday makers visiting Southend and scenes filmed in 1937 to be shown in local cinemas of Southend in summertime. A film shot by Southend businessman and amateur cameraman Charles Redfern, showing preparations for war and the visit of the Duchess of Kent to lay the foundation stone of a new wing at Rochford Hospital in 1938. Another film records a Mayoral garden party held in Priory Park, July 1938. Shots of storms and cold winter scenes from 1938 precede 'Alive, Alive, O!' a film made by the Southend Photographic Society showing cockling at Leigh in 1948. Another film shows the Southend carnival of 2nd September 1950. The next item 'Rolling Along' is a film by Frank Pigram showing the transfer from the old to the new railway system on Southend Pier in 1949. Gloomier scenes follow showing the Pier head fire in 1976. The next film shows Southend's golden jubilee celebrations in 1964, including the fireworks display, a pop music festival, and sailing barge match. The video ends with "Sunshine on Sea" - a promotional film for Southend's tourist industry made in the early 1960s.