Down to the Sea in Ships

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

713

Date Released

22 Aug 1968

Date recorded

1 Aug 1968

Length of issue (in feet)

676

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Down to the Sea in Ships

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

Pathe synopsis: The English love messing about in boats - a dragon class yachts, in this case, in the bracing days the sport of princes is truly democratic. The Danes at Esbjerg take boats more seriously with a hundred plus fleet of up-to-date motor vessels that can spend weeks beyond the Arctic Circle. At St Georges, Bermuda, a boat brings the island’s Governor in to collect the rent from the local Freemasons. Cocked hat, white plumes, the band of the Bermuda Regiment, it all seems more British than the British for the annual St George’s Day Peppercorn Ceremony. Americans at home think big, especially at Long Beach, California where they’ve got oilwells on the front. But when they want something really big they get it from Britain. They’ve bought the Queen Mary and they’re converting it into a giant, permanent fun palace. In the fishing village of Aberdeen, Hong Kong, most people live on boats. It’s a hurly burly of exotic activity with shops that come round to you - by water. But now the Chinese are leaving the water for the brand new flats - quite the opposite of the English who’ll always go down to the sea in ships.

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

616

Story extras:

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