Desc: Swallows and Amazons: Directed by Claude Whatham. With Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser, Simon West, Sophie Neville. Set in 1929, and based upon Arthur Ransome's immortal children's novel, "Swallows and Amazons" is the story of a group of children who man two sailing dinghies,'Swallow' and 'Amazon', and plan mock 'sea-battles'.