
Swallows and Amazons
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- 1974
- 92 min
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[Steam train]
[Train whistle]
Where are we?
Won't be long now.
The endless trek
through the Sahara desert.
through the sand.
Titty!
[Mother:
] At least camelsdon't need water.
When I was a child,
we had thousands of sheep
that died during the drought.
- In Australia?
- Yes.
Sheep must be quite pleased
to be English.
Do they have sheep in China?
Of course.
Well, even if Daddy
misses this holiday,
he'll see Chinese sheep
when he gets to Hong Kong.
Where is he now, Mother?
His boat's in Malta,
waiting for orders to sail.
I expect he'd rather be with us.
Of course he would.
He loves the lakes.
He'd be showing you everything.
He'd say:
"Just look at that scenery."
[Train whistle]
[Children laugh]
[Orchestral music]
[Titty:
] Please, can we go exploring?[Mother:
] It's a little late.[Titty:
] But it's still light.We won't be long.
[Mother:
] All right,but it'll soon be supper time.
[Roger:
] Hello, sir.[Man:
] Hello.[Orchestral music]
[John:
]'Dear Father, we arrived safely.
'Mother says
I'm to ask your permission
'to build camp
on the island on the lake.
'We have found a boat
that will be quite suitable for the voyage.
'Hope you have a happy voyage
to Hong Kong.
'Please answer soon.
Love, John.'
[Susan:
]'P.S. And Susan.'
[Titty:
] 'If we wreck ourselveson a coral reef,
'we will go down bravely.
'Not that we will.
'Please.
Love, Titty.'
[Roger:
] 'Please, Daddy,may I go too?'
[Roger:
] Stand by to go about.Ready, about.
[Birds chirping and bees buzzing]
[Cows mooing]
Stand by to go about.
Ready, about.
Stand by to go about.
Ready, about.
Roger!
Well sailed.
ls it the answer?
Does it say yes?
[Chickens clucking]
"Better drowned than duffers,
if not duffers, won't drown."
- Does that mean yes?
- I think so.
But does that mean me too?
Yes, if John and Susan will take you.
And if you do as you're told.
- Shall I go and tell the others?
- All right.
Don't be late for supper.
[Dog barks]
And don't wake Vicky
when you come in.
[Orchestral music]
Despatches.
It's yes, and for me too,
so it must be for Titty as well.
Read it aloud.
"Better drowned than duffers,
if not duffers, won't drown."
- Hurrah for Father!
- What does it mean?
[John:
] lt means, thatFather thinks we won't drown,
but if we do, good riddance.
But what does
"duffers, if not duffers" mean?
No, you're wrong.
lt says,
if we were duffers
we might as well be drowned.
Then it stops and starts again,
saying as we are not duffers,
we won't drown.
But why doesn't he just say yes?
[Orchestral music]
[Susan:
] Mrs Jackson,Yes, certainly, love.
I'm best at buttered eggs.
Are you really?
Most folk are best at boiled.
[Mother:
]You see, on rocky ground
stones are better than pegs
except in a high wind.
Father and I often used to sleep in one
when we were young.
Are you really old?
Not really,
it's just I was younger then.
[Mother:
]Oh!
[All laugh]
Da-dit, da-dit,
da-dit-dit-dit.
[John:
] Hoist the sail, Mr Mate.[Susan:
] Aye aye, sir.to see us off
on our voyage to the Pacific.
Captain Drake,
pull the boom down.
That'll get those
cross wrinkles out.
I wonder if, the real Queen Elizabeth
knew much about ships.
That Queen Elizabeth wasn't brought up
close to Sydney harbour.
[Susan:
] All aboard.[John:
] Come on, let's go.- Right!
- Have you got everything?
- I've checked the list.
Everything?
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