Drake’s Island Adventure Playground (1965)

Drake’s Island, Plymouth Sound, Devon. Deserted gun emplacements on the Devon coastline. Shots of a cliff face. A group of young boys are here to get a “crack at hard work and the open air life“. Various shots of them breaking up cement and clearing debris. It is an adventure holiday for these young men. One of the boys tries abseiling - looks very scary. Group of boys play a modified game of volleyball. Various shots of boys canoeing in Plymouth Sound. One of the boys practices capsizing. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as