Titles read: "SAILOR COMES HOME".
Cornwall.
Various shots show a sailor arriving back at his home village in Cornwall that he hasn't seen since going away to war. He walks up to his house and is welcomed by his mother and other family members. Then he goes for a walk around the harbour and village and meets old fishermen friends who stop and chat.
On his first morning home he goes out fishing with his father and some other old men. Good shots of them in their boat, raising the sail, making their way through the harbour and out to sea. They fix bait and throw nets overboard. The sailor takes the rudder.
FILM ID:1313.23
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