Tug Master (1956)

Southampton, Hampshire. L, S of the ships and boats in a busy harbour. C, U shot of a nice looking old ship. Camera pans to a couple of little ships tugs. M, S of one of the tugs Flying Kestrel with its Captain Collingwood observing. M, S of Queen Elizabeth the largest passenger liner in the world. Seven tugs go into action when Queen Elizabeth leaves Southampton tells a voiceover. M, S of Captain Collingwood giving instructions on the bridge of Flying Kestrel. M, S of the tug approaching Queen Elizabeth. Low angle M, S of the front of Queen Elizabeth one can read the name and a flag is flying from the prow. A rope has been thrown from Queen Elizabeth to the tug and men catch it. Succession of shots demonstrating how difficult and physically hard is to lead as large a ship as Queen Elizabeth from the harbour. Several close up shots of the faces of sailors show some extremely young faces, probably between 13 and 15 years of age. Job definitely looks too hard for boys as young as