Oh! For The Life Of A Sailor! (1935)

Titles read: ’Oh! for the life of a sailor!’ Genoa, Italy. Various shots of young men at a training school for the Italian Mercantile Marine, learning how to tie knots, drawing charts, learning Morse code and studying navigation. Final shot shows numerous sailors standing on the rigging of a ship and giving three cheers. 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, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.