This is a two-reel amateur travelogue produced by James Dudfield Rose of a Mediterranean Cruise with wife Elsie Adeline Rose who also produced the films inter-titles. Starting in Newcastle the couple travel by train to Liverpool where they joined their cruise ship. At sea passengers enjoy games such as shuffleboard and a swimming pool made from a large canvas tank as the ship makes its way towards the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar on Spain’s southern coast. They visit the town...

This is a two-reel amateur travelogue produced by James Dudfield Rose of a Mediterranean Cruise with wife Elsie Adeline Rose who also produced the films inter-titles. Starting in Newcastle the couple travel by train to Liverpool where they joined their cruise ship. At sea passengers enjoy games such as shuffleboard and a swimming pool made from a large canvas tank as the ship makes its way towards the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar on Spain’s southern coast. They visit the town itself taking in locations such as Southport Gate as well as taking a carriage drive though the town as well as some of its Arabic culture. Title: A Mediterranean Cruise From a moving train as it approaches Newcastle Central Station crossing the High-Level Bridge views of the Tyne Bridge and surrounding city skyline. James Dudfield Rose sits at a table onboard the train drinking a cup of tea or coffee, he smiles at the camera. As the train pulls into Liverpool Lime Street station porters rush along the platform. A porter loads a suitcase onto the back of a flatbed lorry placing it beside a travel trunk. At the Liverpool Cruise Terminal along the banks of the River Mersey passengers have their tickets checked as they board a cruise shop walking along a mechanical gangway. A crowd gathers along the riverbank watching as the gangway is retracted. Beside the ‘Waiting Room’ along the quayside members of the crew unload dozens of suitcases and other luggage from a Liverpool Carriage Co. Ltd flatbed lorry onto a conveyor. On board the ship other men remove the cases from the conveyor. The River Mersey is busy with other ships including the Mersey Ferry travelling between Liverpool and Berkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula. On board ship members of the crew make ready for departure, the rope lines are released and tied up. The ship slowly moves along the Mersey passing buildings along the riverside including the Royal Liver Building. A tugboat pulls the boat towards the estuary passing other vessels coming into the Mersey. At sea passengers in lifejackets walk across the deck, possibly taking part in an evacuation exercise. James Dudfield Rose stands wearing his lifejacket. The exercise over several young men and boy play a game of shuffleboard. In a nearby canvas tank pool men and boys play and swim in the water being pumped in by a large hose. A young couple sit on deckchairs, she tries to pour a cup of tea from a teapot. However, the man sitting next to her is shaking the tray and smiling cheekily. They both laugh. A second woman sits on the other side of the man, they chat while she drinks a cup of tea. In the swimming pool passengers splash about happily while others sit in deckchairs soaking up the sun. On another part of a deck a net has been erected and two young men play a type of tennis using rope quoit rings. As passengers continue to have fun in the pool a member of the crew scrapes paint from a metal railing. Below three men wash each other down with pool hose. A woman does the backstroke in the pool before swimming on her front up and down the small pool. Two boys drive into the water, the woman now sits astride the pool watching others splash about. Three men and a woman play a game of quoit tennis while beside them other lay on the deck sunbathing. Guests sit at tables inside the restaurant wearing party hands and formal evening wear. A pod of dolphins follows beside the ship as it passes through the water. Possibly the ship’s captain dressed in whites addresses the passengers from the deck of the ship. Title: Gibraltar An officer in whites’ heads back into the wheelhouse, in the distance a misty Rock of Gibraltar. The rock and Gibraltar itself become clearer the closer the ship gets, a steam pilot boat approaches and comes alongside the cruise ship before departing heading towards the dock or port area in the near distance. Other ships are moored in the water as several rowing boats approach the cruise ship. On board each boat two men, one rowing while the other holds up various items for sale to the passengers. The boats compete for the attention of the passengers, each rowing hard to keep up with the still moving cruise ship. A sack is attached to a line from one of the rowing boats which is pulled onto the ship before being returned. General views of ships moored nearby and of Gibraltar in the near distance changes to more lines being sent up to the ship from a number of rowing boats. A smaller steamboat travels across the harbour towards Gibraltar itself. The cruise ship from one of these boats making its way to shore. Looking back another small steamboat is moored beside the cruise ship and passengers are boarding. A woman walks towards Southport Gate in Gibraltar, she turns and walks back towards the camera climbing into a horse drawn carriage. Four young men walk through Southport Gate towards camera, two of them doff their straw hats. In the carriage the woman looks over goods being offered her by a small girl changes to a man wearing a Fez hat standing at the bottom of a set of stone steps. Cactuses grown in a garden and people wonder around the grounds. Horse drawn carriages travel along a wide boulevard beside a steep hill or mountainside. Three women walk past a colonial building changes to three horse carriages being driven along a water-soaked road passing a motorcar travelling in the opposite direction. A man holding a large hose across his shoulder waits for a car to pass below washing the street with water. People walk past along the pavement behind him, some turn to look at him working. An Arab stands against a wall wearing a plain white shirt and Fez hat, a young Western boy stands beside him. They both look at the camera. Various building built into the hillside changes to a group of people inside a building standing beside a possible lift or elevator, two women step of their seats. Outside again a group of children gather around two women looking over a stall. The film ends with a man leading a donkey along a street. Title: The Bull Fight In an empty arena three men fill buckets with water from a spring or tap in the middle throwing it around different parts of the stadium floor. Eight matadors step out into the arena accompanied by several other men who race past jumping over a barrier. Two horses are also led around the stadium. Crowds watch as a bull enters the arena, and the matadors work together to tease and anger the animal by waving their cloaks at it. The bull falls to the ground, a number of swords protruding from its flesh. Three of the matadors approach the bull changing to its now lifeless body being dragged out of the stadium by the horses seen previously. A second bullfight which again features several matadors being chased around the arena, one managed to thrust a sword into the bull. It charges several cloak wielding matadors managing to gorge one of them in the process. Again, the animal is subdued with the matadors surrounding it before one of them inflicts the killer blow. The horses drag the beast from the arena. The Rock of Gibraltar. Title: Algiers The city skyline of Algiers in Algeria from the harbour. Members of the cruise liner crew assist passengers from the ship onto a waiting launch. More passengers come down the gangway. A young man stands in a rowing boat on the water near the cruise ship. Another two boats are nearby also with young men in them, one dives into the water. Phantom bus ride passing three cattle being led along a street in the opposite direction. In the shaded doorway of a shop a group of local men stand chatting. Along a busy boulevard a tram passes. Title: The Native Quarter A group of local children in ragged clothing stand posing for the camera. One boy holds a lamb up for the camera. A tram waits at the top of a hilly street, men and women walk along the road beside it towards building or shop nearby. Two women wear long white shawls coving their heads. A man carrying a bucket walk along a narrow passageway changing to a narrow street where men sit on tables, some playing cards others chatting. A group stands outside a shop, the keeper looking over his produce laid out in buckets. Near an archway a woman and group of children stand beside a spring, one boy takes a drink from a cup. An older bearded man wearing a traditional keffiyeh or head scarf smiles and waves at the camera. A veiled woman walks through a market, at a nearby table men and boys play cards. Beside a large building along a wide street, pedestrians walk past a number of market stalls. Two men on a horse and cart travel along a busy street passing both pedestrians as well as a parked lorry. A western tour group passes a shop with an awning, above it writing on the wall that reads ‘Epicerie. Sid Seaedi’. A man with his monkey sitting beside a wall, the monkey is doing backflips. A policeman walks past, he is carrying a truncheon. Title: Palace of the Dey Pedestrians walk past the entrance to the palace, inside decorative covered walkways with intricately carved columns. Back in the harbour a young boy dives into the water from a rowing boat. A second boy joins him, and they swim about. A couple look out from the deck of the cruise ship as a cargo ship sails past in the opposite direction. Through a porthole inside the ship a three mast sailing ship in the distance. Title: Approaching Lisbon Passengers on deck watch as tugboats manoeuvres the cruise ship into Lisbon harbour. On the quayside three rows of open top parked cars each full of passengers from the cruise ship. The area is busy with other passengers walking past making their way to their vehicle. A train passes through a level crossing changes to a tram passing a man leading a cow pulling a wagon. Along cobbled streets trams pass pedestrians walking in both directions. Women walk past carrying baskets on their heads, another puts a basket on her head and leads a loaded down donkey past. Title: Lisbon Looking down on the city of Lisbon in Portugal. A phantom car ride along a treelined boulevard changes to a woman walking past an apple or pear tree in a garden. Under a canopy a decorative flower garden with two small towers. Title: Jeronymos The South Portal entrance to Jeronimo’s Monastery with its decorative stonework. General views of the monastery exterior with a tram passing by. Palm trees grow in a garden area. Title: The Cloisters The Manueline ornamentation in the cloisters inside Jeronimo’s Monastery. An officer onboard the cruise ship stands astern as the vessels slowly moves away from the dockside passing other ships moored there. A member of the crews stands at the controls of a winch this is bringing in the rope lines. End title: The End