| Description | Originally deposited as a VHS video cassette.
Timing. Action on film:
(00:17) Reg Walker tells us that it is the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. A flotilla of boats has come to Beverley Beck to celebrate.
(01:03) 'Comrade', the last of the local sailing barges.
(01:54) The 'John H.Vincent' built in 1900, moored next to the 'Syntan', which was one of Richard Hodgson's fleet of barges.
(02:29) 'Moonsearcher', a pleasure boat.
(02:54) A pub sign showing Lord Nelson, on display on one of the boats.
(05:58) Looking again at 'Comrade' which was built in about 1923 and captained by Fred Schofield.
(07:27) A canal boat and a hundred year-old sailing yacht.
(08:11) A boat with flags, which signal the famous message 'England expects that every man will do his duty'.
(10:16) Inside the 'Syntan', where the Beverley Brass Band are going to entertain us. They play a number of tunes, including the following -
(10:35) 'God save the Queen.'
(13:27) 'A life on the Ocean Wave.'
(18:15) 'Sailors' Hornpipe.'
(20:58) 'There's No Place Like Home.'
(22:29) 'Thine is the Glory'.
(24:36) 'Jerusalem'.
(29:27) 'Sailing'.
(32:05) 'Eternal Father, Strong to Save.'
(34:46) 'Blow the Wind Southerly'.
(40:09) 'Rule Britannia'.
(44:03) The following morning, looking at the boats which have arrived since yesterday.
(44:37) 'Comrade' has its sails aloft.
(48:27) Bob Huntsman, who was involved in the preservation of Driffield Canal.
(53:05) A sign describing the history of the motor vessel 'Syntan'.
(53:33) Iain Campbell, the secretary of the Beverley Barge Preservation Society, shows us around the 'Syntan'.
(55:26) Norman Hardy, who carried out the reconstruction, shows us around the living accommodation on the 'Syntan'.
(57:51) The galley.
(58:43) The engine room.
(1:01:08) The wheelhouse.
(1:03:22) Looking at some of the other boats -
(1:03:26) The 'John Vincent', moored at the Crane Wharf area of the Beck.
(1:05:46) Some singers perform sea shanties on the 'Syntan'
(1:09:10) A man sings two songs about Lord Nelson.
(1:17:00) A man and a woman sing a Victorian song about Nelson.
(1:20:34) Two women sing 'The Luckiest Sailor', about the Kingston Peridot disaster.
(1:24:18) They sing 'Your Cheatin' Heart'.
(1:27:05) A man and a little boy sing a version of 'Blow the Man Down'.
(1:29:34) The same man sings a song called 'Chicken on a Raft', which refers to the popular dish of fried egg on fried bread.
(1:32:56) A man sings the song 'Three Day Millionaire' about Hull fisherman.
(1:33:13) A woman sings 'Black-Eyed Susan'.
(1:34:54) A man and a woman sing two songs about sailing around Cape Horn.
(1:41:25) We take a last look at the ships moored at the Beck.
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