Arethusa Boys (1924)

M/S of a Naval captain watching sailors loading a cannon / gun. M/S of young cadets boarding a battleship from a rowing boat moored beside it. M/S of a group of cadets huddle around two boys plating ropes. M/S of cadets in a rowing boat being moored next to a ship, the cadets hold their oars in the air, once the boat is moored their board the ship, saluting as they do so. Brief shot of crowds walking over a golf course - appears to be from another Gazette story. More shots of the boys sitting on the deck plating ropes. Low angled shot of young sailors sitting in a sort of modern crow’s nest, they turn a large flood light in the centre on the ’nest’, panning shot follows sailors as they climb down onto the deck. L/S of sailors climbing the rigging. M/S of an officer showing a group of young sailors a torpedo. M/S a group of sailors and cadets in gas masks. C/U of a sailor in a gas mask with a rubber ring around his neck, an officer and another sailor come into shot and remove the mask and
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