Ship Spotters Club (1958)

Margate, Kent. M, S of a British ensign flag as it is lowered, two boys untie it at the bottom of the flagpole. L, S as some of the boys bring out a telescope and stand, M, S as they fit the telescope to the stand. Various shots as they set the telescope up and take the lens cap off. C, U as one of the boys looks through it. L, S of the telescope on Margate promenade. C, U of a sign saying The Walpole Bay Ship Spotting Club, Cliftonville Margate. Interior M, S of a group of boys sat round making model ships, C, U of a boy threading some cotton through a bit of the ship. C, U of his face as he works. C, U of hands using a hacksaw sawing a piece of wood held in a vice, he saws the wood off and puts it on the top of a little ship as a funnel. M, S from behind another boy as he measures and marks with a ruler. M, S of the founder, Frederick Shelley, helping the boys as they build a big old fashioned sailing ship. M, S of a boy working on the ship, the camera pans across as he discusses something with Mr