| PORT WINE BOAT Portuguese Port wine boat sails across Thames - girls on board in traditional costumes dancing. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6043 |
| Catalog #: | 108380 | |
| Clip Number: | 108380-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 406 | |
| Timecode: | 01:21:30 - 01:23:57 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1962 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | BEVERAGES/ALCOHOL: Wine ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Folk Dance FASHION: Ethnic / Cultural LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Traditional, Misc | |
| Description: | PORT WINE BOAT (aka DOURO PORT WINE BOAT SAILS UP THE THAMES) Portuguese Port wine boat sails across Thames - girls on board in traditional costumes dancing. London Close up of girls skirts and feet dancing in traditional costumes. We pan up to see the waistcoated dancers with head scarves swirling hands held high. We note four girls riverside and bridge in bg. Close shot one of the dancing girls swaying and clapping. Close shot another of the girls snapping her fingers as she dances with another girl swaying back in the fg. Midshot the four girls dancing in the prow of the boat with Thames side buildings including as Italian looking tower in the background. Close shot the four girls dancing. Close shot two men seen through strange timbers of the boat rowing with thick oars many times their length. Midshot the boat turning away from us with indistinct view of the House of Parliament in the bg. Big Ben obscure. A man on a big platform across the boat is steering it with a tiller arm almost as long as the boat. Close shot the prow of the boat four girls draped around one man rowing. Wine barrels lying amid ships. Close shot the boat from ahead as the man rows and behind a man on the upper platform moves across steering it. Close shot the port wine barrels and the platform with the man steering it from alongside. A big motorized barge passes behind. Close up the man the tiller moving it backwards and forwards into camera. Mid close shot the man working the tiller from side to side. Close shot two of the girls as the boat goes down river. Midshot the girls the rower and the helmsman as the boat approaches Westminster Bridge. The bus on the bridge goes out of sight. Close shot the prow of the boat and three of the girls. Close shot one Close shot one of the rowers through the timbers. He ships his car and steps over it. Close shot a man taking a rope from the side of the boat and slinging it over his shoulder. Close shot the other rower preparing to raise the sail. He lifts up the boom and is hidden behind to expanse of sail. Close shot two of the crew hauling on ropes and pulleys. Close up of the men heaving the rope. Close shot from above of the man hauling. Close-up of one of the girls smiling. Close up of another smiling back. Midshot the boat in full sail turning in the River. Close shot of the boat on the River. Big Ben clearly visible behind it. Midlong shot the boat sailing down the River. | |
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