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  1. Ex-Lifeboat Makes Double Atlantic Trip

    Date released
    12 Aug 1954
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2447
    NoS ID
    045166
    Story no
    1 / 8

    First small vessel to cross Atlantic both ways comes to home "port".

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  2. Battling Barges (1999 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., 1999 sale: £12.00 (inclusive)

    A series of interviews with Thames barge captains, an investigation of organisations preserving barges and a brief history of barges on the Thames. Shows highlights of a Thames Match barge race, filmed on...

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  3. News in Flashes

    Date released
    10 Dec 1956
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2690
    NoS ID
    047023
    Story no
    5 / 9

    As Admiral of Port of London, Lord Mayor visits HMS Apollo.

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  4. Report On A River

    Date released
    1964
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    249
    NoS ID
    350170
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: The Thames, past and present, from its source to the sea, showing what has been done and is being done to modernise port services and to keep traffic moving.

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  5. Sea Horses

    Date released
    1962
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    165
    NoS ID
    349789
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: The little tugs, without which any big port would come to a standstill, are featured in the film as are the big ocean-going tugs which take on special towage jobs all over the world. With shots...

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  6. The Docker

    Series name
    Looking At Britain
    Issue no
    13
    NoS ID
    326939
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: London dockworkers pictured against daily activities at the Port of London. The film shows something of the pride taken by the docker in his work and in his native River Thames; the kind of...

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  7. Down London River

    Date released
    1959
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    16
    NoS ID
    349640
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: Travelogue of the River Thames. Shot of: Big Ben: the Embankment: people boarding a pleasure boat at Westminster: people buy tickets: the steamer sets off: the Houses of Parliament (73):...

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  8. Cruising Down the River

    Date released
    Jan 1954
    Series name
    Ingot Pictorial
    Issue no
    18
    NoS ID
    349431
    Story no
    1 / 5

    NFA synopsis: at dawn on Thursday in October 1953. Sending steel sheet from Ebbw Vale by train and barge to London’s Brentford Dock, for the RTB factory at Blackwall. The barges are loaded with steel, and...

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  9. High Wide And Faster

    Date released
    1964
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    244
    NoS ID
    350165
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: A survey of some current developments in road and rail transport engineering in Britain, with some information on new port facilities. Views of the M6 Motorway viaduct at Gathurst, Lancs....

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