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  1. Launch of a 20,000 Ton Cunarder, the ‘Ausonia’ from Armstrong Whitworths’ Yard at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

    Date released
    4 Apr 1921
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1047
    NoS ID
    078345
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Ausonia christened. Tugs straining to pull Laconia down slipway.

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  2. Beaching of Stena Challenger ferry (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Sealink’s Jim Hannah confirming the company intends to compensate passengers after they were stranded aboard its cross-channel ferry Stena Challenger near Calais for over 24 hours whilst the vessel was...

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  3. Last of the Battleships

    Date released
    8 Aug 1960
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1627
    NoS ID
    023719
    Story no
    1 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Last of the Battleships. DESCRIPTION: In two world wars, the nucleus of sea-power lay with the Royal Navy’s Battleships. But now, their day is over. HMS Anson, who helped to bring...

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  4. Trapped in the Ice

    Date released
    23 Dec 1926
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1357; Super Issue No.: 26/102
    NoS ID
    085613
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Over 100 big vessels caught in the great lakes in sudden arctic blizzard. Rescue tugs worked night and day loading supplies for 2,000 men marooned on the ships.

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  5. US Navy’s Pride Freed at Last

    Date released
    9 Feb 1950
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    50/12
    NoS ID
    103316
    Story no
    5 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    A fleet of tugs free the US battleship Missouri - which had run aground on a sandbar off Virginia.

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  6. Big Mo Moves

    Date released
    9 Feb 1950
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1079A
    NoS ID
    016197
    Story no
    4 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Big Mo (Missouri) Free. DESCRIPTION: For fifteen days the Mighty Mo was stuck in the mud on the Thimble Shoal off the Virginian Coast. At last, after great effort, the 45,000 ton...

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  7. HMS Belfast journeys up the Thames (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the museum ship, HMS Belfast, which is being towed up the river Thames after a long period of being in a dry dock. Admiral Philip Hyman(?) comments. Female reporter not identified.

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  8. Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Queen Mary Grounds Near Cherbourg

    Date released
    6 Jan 1949
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1022A
    NoS ID
    015503
    Story no
    2 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mary Aground Off Cherbourg. DESCRIPTION: A sudden squall caused the liner to go aground on Les Salinas sandbank. Tugs pulled her off and back at Southampton cement is poured into...

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  9. WITH A MOTOR BOAT AROUND THE WORLD

    Date other
    11 Jan 1928
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    NoS ID
    386348
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: The around-the-world motor boat sails through icy waters accompanied by several tugs and small cruisers before arriving in German(?) harbour to a congratulatory crowd.

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  10. Sea Empress disaster (1996)

    Genre
    Interview

    A six-man team has been successfully airlifted onto the deck of the Sea Empress - the oil tanker that ran aground off west Wales. The salvage operation involving tugs and helicopters has been severely...

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