Junior Regatta (1959)

Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. M/S of two boys looking at a route map, sitting on a boat parked in a dinghy park. C/U of one of the boys fingers pointing at the map. At the top of the map are the words: ’International Cadet Class’, ’Cadet Week’ and ’Course Chart’. C/U of one of the boys. M/S of a girl fixing the sail of her dinghy, in the background are more dinghies being attended to by young yachtsmen. M/S of a boy, Graham Dadd, polishing the hull of his boat. C/U of Graham’s hand polishing - some of the kids have made the boats themselves. M/S of a boy in a stripy T-shirt adjusting his boat’s rigging. M/S of a boy helping a girl into her lifejacket. C/U of the girl fiddling with the neck of her lifejacket. M/S of the boy attaching rope to the tiller. M/S of a boy hauling up the sails of his dinghy. Low angle C/U, taken over the boy’s shoulder, of the sail being raised. M/S of two girls doing up their windcheaters. Low angle shot of three boys in lifejackets pulling their dinghy over the grass.