A frank account of life on the ocean wave in one of Her Majesty's ships. A series of ten programmes 8: Florida USA
' Ark ' is berthed in Mayport. The crew have three weeks' rest and recreation. After two months at sea, every man jack is out for a good time. Disneyworld, the beach, the pool, the swinging clubs of Jacksonville are all favourite haunts. But the flight-deck handlers turn from pleasures of the flesh. Keen ornithologists, they bird-watch among the snakes and alligators of the Everglades.
L/Steward Conway has crammed a wedding into his weeks. He leaves his new wife on the quay-side, as ' 'Ark' steams off under the benign eye of the local police chief, who gives the British sailor ten out of ten for good behaviour.
Film cameraman PATRICK TURLEY Film recordist GRAHAM RODGER Film editor DAVID LEE
Executive producer ROGER MILLS Producer JOHN PURDIE