This tender tale of childhood is based on the proverb “A friend in need is a friend indeed”. A boy neighbour comes to the rescue of a little girl on his street who accidently breaks her mother’s milk jug. He earns both a smack and a kiss for his troubles. Includes good shots of girls skipping in a Newcastle street. This film is a Newcastle and District Amateur Cinematographers Association production. Title: Sir Galahad Jnr A mother hands her young daughter an empty milk jug and some small...

This tender tale of childhood is based on the proverb “A friend in need is a friend indeed”. A boy neighbour comes to the rescue of a little girl on his street who accidently breaks her mother’s milk jug. He earns both a smack and a kiss for his troubles. Includes good shots of girls skipping in a Newcastle street. This film is a Newcastle and District Amateur Cinematographers Association production. Title: Sir Galahad Jnr A mother hands her young daughter an empty milk jug and some small change for a refill. She heads off down the street and waves goodbye. A friend skips across the road to join her. Invited to come and play, the girl explains that she is on an errand to collect milk. But she balances the jug precariously on a low wall and begins to skip with her friend’s rope. There are close-ups of her skipping, getting closer to the balanced jug as her friend looks on. The milk jug tips over and smashes. The two girls stare at the broken jug. Her friend decides to go and the young girl sits on the wall and buries her head in her hands, crying. A young boy dressed in a Fair Isle tank top arrives and picks up some of the broken pieces. He scratches his head in thought. He puts them back on the floor as she continues to cry, and runs off. Back in his own home, he sneaks into the kitchen, climbs on a chair, and unhooks one of his mother’s milk jugs from the dresser. Closing the iron gate at his house, he takes the milk jug to the distressed girl, who heads off to buy milk. He begins to pick up the pieces of the broken jug from the pavement. Back at home, he arranges the broken china on the dresser. His mother comes in and, seeing the broken jug, shouts at him and gives him a good smacking. The little boy leaves his house and waves to the little girl up the street, who waves back enthusiastically. He looks a little upset, but strides forward, one hand in his short trousers’ pocket. They meet and the little girl kisses him on the cheek. Close-up of him rubbing his sore backside after being smacked. Title: Proverb: “A friend in need is a friend indeed.” Title: The End