Description: Title Card: County Borough of West Ham 1936. Some Characteristic Phases of Education in Primary, Central and Day Continuation Schools.

Intertitle: Part 3

IT: Power Equipment, Wood turning and metalwork

Opening scene shows a metal workshop with a variety of boys working on machines such as a wood l athe, one scene depicts a boy crafting a weight, a boy in profile from the back is seen lifting a similar weight. Perhaps suggesting that this helps build physical muscles as well. Various machines are seen in operation the final frame depicts a plumb weight descending as the intertitle comes into frame.

IT: Central Schools

Girls and boys work in an art room, basket weaving, lamp shades, woven cushion. Other activities include still life drawing, production of posters with a printing press, using blocks, setting the type, and printing the poster.

Students in garden undertaking dramatic activities (dressed in sterotypical Oriental costumes), Girls undertaking highland dancing, a small orchestra plays.

IT: Varied crafts in a Central School workshop

A group of boys undertake wood work activities, possibly making cupboards, using a full range of tools. A forge is featured, with a blacksmith making a door knocker.

IT: Day Continuation schools

School room features a typing class-mostly girls with some boys-another class features boys using a duplicating machine (possibly a Gestetner) producing leaflets.

IT: Special Schools

It: School for the deaf, story and rhythmic work with the aid of the multitone.

A schoolroom features a mixed class with multitone (hearing aid) equipment, a record plays and the students appear to be conducting with the record.

It: Lessons under the trees

Students sit with teacher under the tree-a blackboard features a number of words-the teacher points to a word and the children mime the activity. A child has a Birthday cake. A group of school boys are outside as a shop activity (visiting and buying something) is demonstrated. A map of the UK is featured with the Teacher asking students to point out locations on the map.

It: Handwork, Mothercraft and Gardening activities

A group of boys and girls are undertaking craft activities, a Punch and Judy show is featured in the background. A group of girls are learning how to bath a baby. A group are show putting on boots, picking up garden tools and marching towards a garden. Other activities include cleaning shoes, taking naps with fold out beds, toothbrushing and first aid. The film ends with the children boarding a bus and leaving the school.

IT: The end