Ship’s Dog (1957)

Southampton, Hampshire. Low angle L/S of a great looking liner. M/S of a steward onboard the liner, carrying a plate of food. He offers the plate to the ship’s captain. High angle C/U shot of the cookies on the plate as captain takes a few. C/U shot of the captain’s face. M/S of the captain feeding a dog. The dog (Alsatian) is captain’s pet dog Baldur. High angle C/U shot of Baldur’s face as he waits for and eats the cookies. The ship is TSS New York staying in Southampton, and Captain is Mr Georgiou. He bought Baldur in Bremen, Germany, when he was six weeks old. Now he is one year old and has covered over 60000 miles at sea. Baldur spends most of his time onboard although when they are in New York, where quarantine laws are not as strict, Captain Georgiou takes him ashore. M/S of Baldur getting ready for his lifeboat drill. M/S of Captain Georgiou putting a life jacket on the dog. C/U shot of a passenger taking a photograph of them. C/U shot of the jacket being attached to Baldur - he does not se