A Soldier's Sketchbook

Work:: A Soldier's Sketchbook (S628542869)

Frank Applewhite is a working man at fourteen. On summer evenings he walks on the beach and sketches on scraps of paper. The only other dusk walker is the Scotch Man, the painter, who lets the waves wash over his boots. One evening the Scotch Man appears and hands him a book: clean paper, pages of it. War comes. Boys no taller than Frank leave their work for the recruiting office. People start saying The Scotch Man isn't Scotch at all. When his new found friend is led away by soldiers, Frank is horrified by the damage he has done by speaking to a German ?spy?. Next day, he walks to town, lies about his age, and enlists. This is the story of a boy who should never have gone to war but feels guilty that he returned. It is the story of a summer which changed everything. Frank tells it in his own words and pictures.

Listing:: L1440937060

Part of the Forge season in The Lab

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Production details

Running time: 40mins Part of the Forge season in The Lab