| WHETHER ASHORE OR AFLOAT Sailors on their way home celebrate Christmas. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5302 |
| Catalog #: | 319698 | |
| Clip Number: | 319698-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1148 | |
| Timecode: | 01:37:46 - 01:38:59 | |
| Location: | Devonport, Devon. | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Homosexuality HOLIDAYS: Christmas LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Devon MILITARY: Navy, British MILITARY: Rest & Recreation | |
| Description: | WHETHER ASHORE OR AFLOAT. Jolly Jack sees to it that Xmas is Xmas! in real Navy style. Devonport, Devon. High angled shot of a group of sailors on the deck of a small boat moving away from their ship, they laugh and joke about. M/S of the sailors climbing off the boat onto the quayside. M/S of a group of sailors larking about on the platform of a train station, one of the sailors is waltzing about with one of the officers, some of the sailors wave branches of holy, one plays the banjo. C/U of the two dancers (the sailor and the officer) standing in front of a stationary train, a sailor leans out of the window holding a sprig of mistletoe, the two dancers kiss on the lips, there is much laughter from the sailors around them! M/S of some of the sailors decorating the front of a steam engine with holly and ivy. M/S of the train pulling away from the station, the sailors wave from the windows at the conductor and a man in a trilby standing on the platform. | |
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