By the River - GB
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Year Published: 1971
Description: 16mm Film - By the River - GB 1971 Directed by: Rhonda Small Written by: John Parry Cinematography by: John Sharples Starring: John Butler, Ian Allis, Margaret Wolfit, Lucy Wolfit alias Lucy Amis, Peter Myers, Gordon Faith, Albert Lampert, James Garbutt The black-and-white film shows everyday life on the middle Thames in real shots. Two boys accompany their older brother fishing. Later, they help a couple to find their runaway child and are invited on a boat trip as a reward. In addition to practising listening comprehension of British colloquial English at normal speaking speed, the film offers an opportunity to reflect on social behavior based on the behavior of the two boys. Der Schwarzweißfilm zeigt in Realaufnahmen den Alltag an der mittleren Themse. Zwei Jungen begleiten den älteren Bruder zum Angeln. Später helfen sie einem Ehepaar, sein fortgelaufenes Kind wieder zu finden und werden als Belohnung zu einer Bootsfahrt eingeladen. Neben dem Üben von Hörverstehen von britischem Umgangsenglisch in normaler Sprechgeschwindigkeit bietet der Film Gelegenheit zur Reflexion über Sozialverhalten anhand des Verhaltens der beiden Jungen. Support my work on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/theartoffilmon16mm
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Heat. Heat. [Music] Do it like that. See, I don't think there are any fish in this river. Of course there are. But you must be patient. Patient? I've got something. There's something on my line. I've caught something. Slowly. Not too quick, Ted, or you'll lose it. Not too quick. I've got the net. Give it to me, Andrew. I'll do it. I can do it. Oh, look. Oh, it's weed. It's weed again. I told you so. There aren't any fish in this river. Only we bait's gone. The fish take the bait and they'll bite the hook. Did you put the bait on properly? Of course I put it on properly, didn't I, Andrew? Andrew saw me. My bait's gone as well. I don't think you put it on properly. You're not careful enough. You put it on the way you said. And how many fish have you caught, Alan? You haven't caught any. Not today. Not so far. But I caught one last week. Do you know how long it was? It was that long. It was a fish. Anyway, I don't think it's worth fishing here. I don't either. Can't we do something else? We came here to fish. I don't want to fish. Nor do I. Not here. What's the use of fishing for weed? Why can't we go on a boat? Oh, yes. Please, Alan. Let's go in a boat. No. Why not? Because I came here to fish. I'd rather go in a boat. I think your brother's mean. He isn't mean. He is. He isn't. He isn't mean. Hey, look out. You're knocking the bait over. Go and fight somewhere else. We weren't fighting. Please, Alan, take us in a boat. No, I'm going to fish. So, buzz off and play somewhere else. Please. Buzz off. Oh, come on, Ted. Let's go look at the lock. All right. I bet he won't catch anything. He never catches anything. Hey, look. There's a boat going into the lock. It's a smasher. She What you say? Sheep for a boat. Come. Isn't she smashing? Super. I bet you cost an awful lot of money. Wish I had a boat like that. She's better than the one we saw yesterday. And faster. I bet she's [Music] faster. Hey, that kid's waving to us. Let's wave back. Why? Wave back. Hey, mister. Can we come aboard your boat? Oh, please, mister. Can we come aboard your boat? Hey, you mind? I'll get away from there. It's dangerous there. Really want to see better, mister. We're not doing any harm. Go on. Off with you. We're not doing any harm. Really, we're not. No, I've told you. It's dangerous. Now, I'm not going to tell you again. Oh, come on. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] Let's wait here for her. She'll be very slow coming out of the lock. We can ask him again. He won't take us on board. He might. I don't think so. [Music] They're taking an awful long time. Let's count how long it takes them for now. Ready? Go. 1 2 3 4 Here she comes. Oh, please, mister. Can we come in your boat? Hey, please stop. [Music] That was me. He knew we only wanted a ride. Mean thing. Alan, have you caught anything yet? Oh, you're back, are you? Have you caught anything yet? No. Will you take us on a boat when you've caught something? No, I'm not going to take you on a boat. I wish I had a boat like that one. And I'll get one, too, when I've got the money. Why won't that be clever? You'll never have that much money. You have to be rich to buy one of those. And who says, "Oh, I'll be rich. I'll be so rich, I'll have the best boats on the Tims." I know. Let's go look at the boatyard. We can't play in the boatyard. The man always sends us away. Who's going to play? I'm going to choose my boat. Are you coming? [Music] I'm just going to buy a few things. Right. Don't belong there. Are you taking Lucy with you? I think she wants to run around for a bit. Come on, Lucy. Come on then. There's a big girl. Is there anything you want, Tony? No, thanks. You could bring me a newspaper, please. All right. [Applause] Oh. Ah. Ah. What's the matter? There's something in my shoe. Why you want to take us on the river anyway? Who? Your brother. Because he wants to fish. He's always fishing. Look at that. Hurry up. I am hurrying. Oh, hurry up. Wait for me. Lucy. Lucy. Lucy. There she is. Andre, that's the boat that was in the lock. Let's go and look at her. They can't stop us looking. Nobody can stop us looking. [Music] [Music] [Music] She's called Ajax. There's nobody on board. We could go and have a look. It won't do any harm. But the people will come back. Oh, we won't stay on board. Only for a minute, just for a closer look. No, you're not scared, are you? It's not like stealing or anything. We really want to look. No, I'm not going to. You're scared. I'm not. Yes, you are. You're scared. All right, you go first. What do you boys want? Where you want to look, mister? I've seen you before, haven't I? You were at the lock. Yes, mister. You're getting into mischief there, too. Well, if you want to look, you can do it from the toe path. Go on. Off you go. Oh, sorry. Tony. Tony, have you seen Lucy anywhere? I thought you was with you. Oh, she went off while I was in the shop. Have you boys seen her? A little girl. We haven't seen anyone. Oh, where can she be? We'd better go and look for her. And we better start by going back to the shop. She can't have gone far. We'll help you, won't we, Andrew? What's her name? Lucy. Yes, Lucy. We'll find her. Oh, thank you. Can you look along the riverbank in that direction? Towards the boatyard. That's right. We'll go back to the shop and look along the river bank in the other direction. All right. Come on, Andrew. Andrew, come on. Don't worry, we'll find her. She can't have gone far. I'll go to the shop. You look along by the river. I hope she's not by the river. Why did you want to go and save that? Let them look for their own kids. But she's lost. So what? You help people if they're lost. If anything happens to her, they'll only blame us. Of course they won't. They will. I bet they will. Well, I bet they won't. Come on, let's look among the boats. [Applause] You look over there and I'll look over here. All right. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Take a look at [Applause] this. Oh, aren't they cute? [Music] Hey, are you there? What are you doing on that boat? Come on, down you come. I don't want boys climbing on my boats. I'm not doing any harm, mister. It's a free country. Down you come. Come on. Honestly, mister, I wasn't doing any harm. Hey, sir. Have you seen a little girl? Ah, there are two of you, other now. Listen to me, you two boys. I've seen you in this yard before, and I don't want to see you here again. You understand? Yes, mister. All right, then. We're looking for a little girl. She's lost. Are you now? Well, there are no little girls here, so off you go. Go on. I bet you didn't look for Lucy at all. Of course I did. Only she wasn't there. I'm going back. Why? I'm going to look for Lucy. I promise. He'll only chase us away again. He can't chase us away if we're looking for somebody. Everyone chases us away. You think we got a disease or something? Are you coming? All right. Please, sir. Are you kids still hanging around? We're looking for a little girl. Really? We are. She's lost and I promise to look for her. Who is she? She's off a boat up the river. Her parents are very worried. So, can we look for her, please? Are you telling me the truth now? Of course, we are. Her parents are worried, and they did ask us to look for her. All right, then. But don't climb on the boats. Oh, thank you. Thank you, Lucy. Lucy. Lucy. Lucy. Lucy. Lucy. Lucy, Lucy, where are [Music] you? Lucy. Oh, there you are, Lucy. You're Lucy, are you? I found her. See, I found her. Hello, Lucy. You live on a boat with your mommy and daddy, don't you? Hello. I'm going to find mommy and daddy. You stay here. [Applause] Ah, you found her then. Yes, she was here. Hello, little girl. What's your name? Lucy. Did you run away from your mommy? Oh, there you are, Lucy. I've been looking for you everywhere. You naughty girl. Why did you run away from mommy? These boys found her. You have to thank these boys. Yes, boys. Thank you very much. I don't know what I can do to thank you. Really, I don't. Is there something that you'd like? Well, I know what they'd like. They'd like to come on our boat. Yes. They're mad about boats, these boys. Yes, of course. Why not? Let's have a trip on the temps. Would you like that? Yes, please. That would be smashing. Right, then. A trip on the temps it is. [Applause] Adam, can you Anything game?
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