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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...
Three archive films from the National Maritime Museum’s collection showing ships of the Ericksen Line before World War 2. SV VIKING was shot by Harold Wigram in 1938, some of it on early colour stock, and...
Includes archive footage of ‘The Royalist’ and contemporary illustrations of naval life (Rowlandson) and a variety of sea shanties giving voice to the daily lives of the sailors.
A compilation of ten archive films about traditions, events, people and places of north-west England from 1910 to 1955. Contents: Sir Stanley Matthews and his ‘magic feet’ - how Stanley Matthews’...
Archive film from the National Maritime Museum’s collection showing yachting in the 1930s. Film of four great yachts - ‘Britannia’, ‘Velsheder’, ‘Astra’ and ‘Westward’ in action in the...
Traces the transatlantic journey of the ‘Donald Searle’, a square-rigged sailing ship crewed by young people, in a bi-annual tall ships race.
Footage from British Movietone newsreels. Shows man-made disasters featuring plane, train, boat and helicopter crashes, ships sinking and bridges collapsing. Natural disasters covered include floods,...
The building and testing at sea of a replica of a Viking ship. The emphasis is on demonstrating the sea worthiness under sail of the vessel.
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...
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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