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Date released

17 Oct 1940

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1070

NoS ID

146094

Story no

7 / 7

British shipbuilders going all out.

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Seawards the Great Ships (1960 Video)

Director

Hilary Harris

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

A testimony to the achievements of the shipbuilders on the Clyde and to the men of the ‘black squads’. Shows work from blueprint-making to the launching of the tanker ‘British Trust’. With treatment...

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Graham Day on British Shipbuilders appointment (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Canadian businessman Graham Day about his appointment as the new Chairman of British Shipbuilders (replacing Sir Robert Atkinson). Female interviewer not identified.

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Government targets for British shipbuilders (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Chief Executive of British Shipbuilders, Michael Casey, on Government targets for the corporation to make a profit within two years, and associated funding cuts which may mean closure of less...

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QE2 to be refitted in Germany not UK (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with shipbuilders union leader Colin Lowry on the union reaction to news that cruise liner the QE2 will be refitted in Germany, not the UK. In the context of British shipbuilders being under threat...

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Car and shipbuilding disputes (1983)

Genre

Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

Report on a strike at British Leyland’s Cowley plant and a settlement at the Ford Halewood factory agreed between unions and management via ACAS. Also report from a British Shipbuilders dispute in...

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Jim Murray on shipbuilding dispute and possible strike (1983)

Genre

Interview

Jim Murray, chief negotiator for the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions (CSEU), rejects proposals for overnight changes in the shipbuilding industry to ensure its survival, and confirms he...

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Swan Hunter dispute (1977)

Genre

Interview

Interview with John Parker, British Shipbuilders, on Swan Hunter’s share of a Polish order as the labour dispute and overtime ban by workers continues, no option but to move the work to other yards now....

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Falmouth shipyard repair section closing down (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Ken Griffin, Deputy Chairman of the British Shipbuilders Union, on the decision to shut down the Falmouth Shipyard repair section. Female interviewer not identified. Audio interference.

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Singapore Dockyards

Date released

May 1969

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

84

NoS ID

327913

Story no

1 / 6

COI synopsis: Conversion of the Singapore Dockyards to civilian use by a famous firm of British shipbuilders.

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