Northern Region Film and Television Archive

The children pose next to a life buoy that identifies the ship as the "Chusan". The children play various deck games involving throwing rope rings. A girl swims in the ship's swimming pool.

Title: Bergen Excursion.

Various views of a Norwegian wooden house, the islands off Bergen in the North Sea, and the children posing for the camera and looking at postcards. There is an overhead shot of a busy street. The children sit on a series of steps. Four Norwegian children pose in traditional dress.

Title: Kjendal Glacier & District.

Views of the glacier and surrounding mountains, peaks shrouded in fog. Children skim stones and walk behind a waterfall.

Title: Chusan & Loen Fjord.

There are travelling shots from the Chusan cruise ship along the Loen Fjord. A small boat approaches the cruise ship. A rowing boat is rowing away from the ship.

Title: Summit of Mt. Dalsnibba, Grotli & Merok.

Picturesque views of snow-capped mountains, valleys and winding roads, filmed from a mountain summit. Children pose for the camera near a tour bus. Various shots of the children and the mountain and fjord views, the Norwegian flag flying at the summit. One of the girls winds a camera. Tourists pose beside the flag.

Title: Chusan at Merok & Trip to Alansrisit, Aandalsnes & on Board and Reykjavik.

There are views of cruise ships and smaller boats moored at a lake quayside. Various children pose beside on the lakeside. A man swims in a pool on board the cruise ship, then jokily trying to pull a girl in bikini into the water. A group of children are playing supervised ships games.

Next, there are shots in the Reykjavik volcanic landscape of hot springs and geysers, and of a girl stroking a horse in the hills.

Title: The Tender at Leith.

The “Ulster Lady”, a small ship, pulls alongside the cruise ship. Seagulls are diving into the Water at Leith. Passengers wave from the cruise ship as the smaller boat pulls away.