Naval Boys Sports Ashore (1926)

Greenhithe, Kent. Title: “Naval Boys Sports Ashore. Some novel events by the boys of training ship Arethusa“. M/S of a row of hammocks suspended on frame; Naval cadets race to role the hammocks up into bundles. M/S of several officers inspect the boys’ bundles as well as their uniforms. M/S of cadets performing the sailor’s horn pipe dance on a field in front of an audience. M/S of boys forming a human pyramid on a gymnastics horse, other boys tumbles through the gap between their legs. M/S of a more complicated, large human pyramid. 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
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