The Fleet’s In Harbour (1933)

Ashfield, Sydney, Australia. Ornate model boats are seen from a high angle. The narrator names the ships on which they are based, the Aberdeen liner Ninevah, the Brussels (a hospital ship sunk in the war), and the stately steam yacht Planet. Tugs are named as Cygnet and Seagull. We see the model boats being sailed around a purpose built circle of water. The Sydney Society of Model and Experimental Engineers is the home of these “marvellously accurate models“ and we see several of them “moving under their own steam“. Next we see some model trains made by the members of the club. Narrator informs us that they don’t build model trams as they can’t get enough second hand material. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection