Canoe On Sea (1936)

Colin Cunningham, a well known singer, demonstrates his new canoe made out of various things he found about the house. He holds up the canoe and shows us that the frame is made from 27 wooden coat hangers. CU end of paddle, a bamboo cane with enamel plates on the end. Shots of him paddling his canoe out to sea. Shots of him paddling in to shore. A pier is in the background. 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.
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