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News in Brief: Ship of the Future

Date released

9 Aug 1954

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1314

NoS ID

019429

Story no

7 / 9

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Model Ship. DESCRIPTION: Designer Wilhelm Fechner of Berlin demonstrates his revolutionary model of a ship - claimed to be able to reach New York in 36 hours, when the full size vessel...

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Rms Queen Mary: A Legend of the Atlantic (1994 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. ? min., 1995 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

Built on Clydeside and launched in 1934, RMS ‘Queen Mary’ was one of the largest and fastest passenger liners in the world. This video uses archive footage from her maiden voyage, personal film taken by...

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Resan till Melonia (1989 Film, Television)

aka: Journey to Melonia: Fantasies of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’, The

Director

Per Ahlin

Producer

Katinka Farago; Klas Olofsson

Animated feature film inspired by The Tempest, directed and animated by Per Ahlin. A children’s film about the evils of industrial capitalism with a strong ecological message. The tropical paradise island...

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Shots fired at Iraqi ships (1990)

Genre

Interview

Interview with UK Defence Secretary, Tom King, on the attempts of Iraqi ships to breach the UN trade embargo imposed against Iraq. Warning shots were fired by allied forces at the vessels. Female interviewer...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

The Mary Rose Trust - nd [1975-1986]

In the Summer of 1982, an amazing spectacle will take place in the waters of the Solent - the plans are now being completed for the raising of a Tudor warship that went down in battle against the French...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

The Blue Riband...33 years on (1985)

A documentary about the ‘Blue Riband’ award recieved by the ship with the record for the fastest transatlantic crossing.

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

UPITN's Operation in the 1970s

Date

4 Jul 2013, 17:59

Author

Gabriel Hernandez

Post Type

Page

The UPITN television news agency operated on a global level in the 1970s. Cameramen, most of them on a freelance contract, were stationed in UPI bureaus dotted all around the world. 16mm film cameras were...

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1000 Hands to Construct a Ship (1974 Film)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Construction and assembly of a super-tanker focusing on outfitting and sub-contracted items.

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Ships collide off Gibraltar (1978)

Genre

Interview; News report

Richard Gwynn reports on the collision off Gibraltar of the Algerian ship, Ibn Batouta, and the American freighter Yellowstone, resulting in casualties on the American ship. Female reporter speaks to Mike...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

G-3: A Partnership (1984 Film, Video)

Director

Calvin Floyd

Producer

Mike Brown

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The ‘Atlantic Conveyor’ is the first of five third-generation ships to be launched by the sponsor. Shows the inside of the ship demonstrating its enormous flexible spaces, the comfort enjoyed by the...

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