Fish ‘N’ Ships: Volume 2

Synopsis: Three films showing the the fishing industry in Grimsby and Hull during its heyday in the half century up to the 1970s.
Part 1: Follows a giant freezer trawler, one of the then mighty Ross fleet from Grimsby, on a trip to Icelandic waters during the early 1960s. Shows in detail life and fishing as it was on board then for thousands of men.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 43 min.
Year of production: 1987
Availability: Sale; 1995 sale: £35.25 (inclusive)
Documentation: Part 3: A film make in the the early 1960s for the Grimsby fishing industry, extolling the virtues of becoming a fisherman. It is ironic in view of what was to happen to the industry in the next 20 years, but there are many shots of Grimsby as it was.
Subjects: History
Keywords: fishing communities; fishing industries; Grimsby; Hull; local history

Title: Trawler captain
Synopsis: Part 1: Follows a giant freezer trawler, one of the then mighty Ross fleet from Grimsby, on a trip to Icelandic waters during the early 1960s. Shows in detail life and fishing as it was on board then for thousands of men.
Title: Fishing 1920s’ style
Title: Career in trawl fishing, A

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