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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: America Launches Two-A-Day

Date released

4 May 1942

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

674

NoS ID

012243

Story no

4 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: St Olaf Launched, Baltimore. DESCRIPTION: The "Liberty Ships" are being launched at a rapid rate in American Shipyards. SHOTLIST: The Liberty ship St Olaf is on the slips, awaiting...

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Last of the Liberties (1984 Video)

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Discusses the Liberty ships built in the USA during World War 2 using the then comparatively new technique of welding. Caught up in the speed of their construction, the ships contained a serious flaw causing...

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The Uc 5 Visits New York. The Captured German Submarine Has Been Lent by the British Admiralty to Help American Liberty Loan

Date released

27 Dec 1917

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

706

NoS ID

076976

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

LS pan parts of German submarine, including the conning tower with U5 printed on it. Sign: "This is the captured German U Boat. Buy Liberty Bonds and Sink U Boats".

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Mass Victory Launchings

Date released

9 Oct 1941

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

644A

NoS ID

011960

Story no

2 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Liberty Fleet Launching. DESCRIPTION: America recently created a record by launching fourteen merchant ships on one day. One "Liberty Fleet Day" ships were launched in Massachusetts,...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Story of Two Ships - Ocean Liberty

Date released

4 Aug 1947

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

948

NoS ID

014576

Story no

6 / 9

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Brest Disaster. DESCRIPTION: The Ocean Liberty was loaded with a cargo of nitrate when she caught fire in Brest Harbour. Tremendous damage was done and twenty lives were lost in the...

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First Liberty Ship Arrives Here

Date released

25 Feb 1943

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1316

NoS ID

147296

Story no

2 / 5

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The Nicola S.d.14. Replacement For The Liberty Ships

Date released

1968

Series name

London Line (Colour series 2)

Issue no

22

NoS ID

326121

Story no

1 / 3

COI synopsis: Down to the sea... in a spanking new Liberty ship. The Nicola S.D.14. is the 1968 version of the famous wartime Liberty ships. From keel laying to launching the prototype took only 18 weeks....

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Roving Camera Reports: Negro Captains Liberty Boat

Date released

25 Feb 1943

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

954

NoS ID

063471

Story no

4 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Kite Supplies Storm-Bound Lighthousemen

Date released

24 Jan 1952

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1884

NoS ID

069688

Story no

7 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

Liberty aground.

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Vanguard’s Liberty Men

Date released

2 Jan 1947

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1718

NoS ID

149090

Story no

6 / 8

Back from shake-down cruise. Crew on last minute passes.

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