1942 DEFENCE / EDUCATION: Young Belgians exiles learn to fish at special school

Date: 28th September 1942

Location: BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

SLATE INFORMATION: Young Belgium Learns to Fish - At School

ENGLAND: Devon: Brixham:

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GVs Fishing fleet in harbour / GVs Fish market / Boys walking into Belgian Fishing School, Name over doorway "Belgian Fishing School." / Boys in classroom learning deviation of compass, boys listening to teacher and teacher talking to boys about compass / Boy listening, gives side glance at camera / Boys in classroom learning English / Teacher showing boys different types of knots and splices on board / Boys in classroom learning navigation / Teacher moving model ships through buoys and boys listening

Boy laying a course (Nat. sd. in Flemish) / Exterior boys learning knots and splice making / Teacher teaching boys splice making / Boys tying knots / Boys splice making / Boys walking with fishing nets and boys repairing nets / Boy being shown how to repair net / Boy stitching net / Boy watching old type fisherman repair nets / Boy with sextent / Boys in rowing boat learning to single / Boy working with oar / Fishing fleet / Pictorial shot showing fishing village and part of harbour.

GOOD SCENES.

Fishing trawler coming into harbour / Fish in barrels / Boys in class stand as teacher enters (Nat. sd boys talking, master tells them to sit.) / Master giving lesson on navigation (Nat. sd.) / Boys asks question and teacher answers (Nat. sd.) CU pan down chart of different buoys / Chart of buoys pan to boys in class / Boys in class, master talking about planning course on map / Boy laying course (Nat. sd.) / Boys in geography or oceanography class, master with globe / GVs boys in class

Boys signalling with morse lamp / Boy stands on chair and gets rolled flag out of shelf hole / Boy unties flag pan down to flag / Flag pan up to boy smiling / Boy with azimuth mirror / Boys learning knots and splice making / Boys going on to trawler to receive fishing nets and sorting out fishing nets on trawler / Boys sitting on ground repairing fishing nets / Boys painting deck of trawler / Boys on trawler learning rope making / Teacher talking to boys (Nat. sd.) / Master and boys pulling at rope and hauling boy to top of mast / Master and boys pulling at rope master looks up and shouts to boy at top of mast...camera pans to boy at top of mast. (Nat. Sd.) / Angle shot showing boy at top of mast / Director of School sitting with boys CU Director talks (Nat. sd)

SOUND EFFECTS.

Natural sound as indicated. Talking is in Flemish.

Young Adults; Education and Training; Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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