Film Number |
5031 |
Title |
CUTHBERT'S FIRST TERM |
Producer |
Chas Taylor |
Date |
c1939 |
Gauge |
16mm |
Colour |
b/w & colour |
Sound |
silent |
Running Time |
15 mins 58 secs |
Description |
Short comedy featuring the staff and pupils of Liverpool Farm Approved School. 'Cuthbert' leaves home in a taxi and arrives at the school where he is show to his dormitory. He has a run-in with the school bully and there are scenes in the dormitory - getting ready for bed, larking around and having a pillow fight. A dream sequence with the school on fire and the rescue of a boy from an upstairs window is followed by a P.E. lesson, scenes from school camp, a boxing match and a football match, where Cuthbert gets injured and is taken away by horse-drawn ambulance. |
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