Canal Barge (1954)

Paddington and Camden Town, London. Various shots take us on a journey with other passengers along the Regent’s Canal on a barge called ’Jason’ - first barge ever to be licensed by the Ministry of Transport to carry trippers along the canal. We travel along under bridges and past Georgian terraces. Artist John James at the tiller gives a commentary through a microphone. L/S of the elephants and crowds in London Zoo as we drift by. As we approach Camden Town we pass another barge, carrying a grubby and scowling boy. Views of Camden from the barge. Notes and cutting on file. Cataloguer’s note: one of the buildings in the Camden sequence can be glimpsed from the Pathe cataloguing room! 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