Seaman’s Church (1930)

No title. “The Seamen’s Bethel where those, who “go down to the sea in ships“ are made to feel at home on Sundays. - New Bedford, Mass.“ L/S of a building with a couple of cars parked outside. A sign over the door reads: “Seamen’s Bethel“. A man stands in front of the building and moves towards the camera. “The “Skipper“ of the church, Chaplain Thurbur, shows the way through life’s storms, from his masthead pulpit.“ Short shot of the vicar who looks like he is preaching on a boat. “Throwing out the life line.“ Low angle shot of the preacher who is standing up on top of the mast - almost in the crows nest. It is quite funny! He is preaching a sermon. “Possibly the preacher is thinking of the rock-bound coast of Bandon-by-the-sea, Oregon.“ (shot missing?) “Where jagged rock tomb-stones grimly mark the graves of twenty ships wrecked in a dozen years.“ L/S of fierce waves crashing against rocks. Various shots of the sea. The “rock-bound coast“ intertitle is repeated as is the first intertitle.