Canal Cruise (1953)

Canal cruise. London - Middlesex. M/S Viscount St. David driving tractor down towpath. M/S barge behind travelling past camera. C/U Viscount driving tractor. Various shots of barge passing under bridge. Man at tiller hauls towrope as it slackens. M/S man sitting fishing in derelict area. L/S barge travelling towards gasworks, C/U big gas container. L/S tractor and towrope, M/S as they travel towards power station. The barge travels towards and past youth fishing. Two workmen wave from a crane. L/S North-circular road - pan to barge passing over canal bridge. M/S as girl looks at scenery as barge passes into country, M/S other passengers looking at scenery. M/S man walking horse into picture, it stops by side of barge. Another man carries the special harness. C/U girl looking on. M/S horse, now harnessed, in front of barge, it is to be led by author Peter Husband Goodman. M/S as Viscount waves O.K. and gets into barge, he rings bell and operates tiller. L/S canal as barge starts off again. M/S as pa
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