The boy decides to wag school because of a punishment given to him the previous day. He spends the time wandering around the docks smoking, thinking up excuses for his teacher, watching the loading and unloading of ships, standing, dwarfed in a drydock, hoping to fulfil his ambition to leave school and become apprenticed to one of the people he is watching - the welders, the painters, the carpenters.
En glish adaptation by Peter Graham.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
009598
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Apprentices
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Career development
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Employment
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Occupations
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Career development
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)