Cyril Fletcher Issue Title Is Hands Wanted (1939)

Part of HANDS WANTED issue. Pathe Studios, London. Underwater shot of a deep-sea diver. M/S of actress dressed as a mermaid canoodling with the diver. Various shots of Cyril Fletcher telling comic story in rhymes about a boatman named Joe who finds a mermaid on the beach. He takes her into town and everyone is scandalised by her lack of clothing. Cyril ends with line: “I love your English policemen“ - probably a topical joke at the time. Cyril speaks in an exaggeratedly posh voice. 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 wel