A New Cunarder

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1315
Date Released
16 Aug 1954
Date submitted
10 Aug 1954
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Greenland Expedition Home
  2. 2Emilie Dionne
  3. 3A New Cunarder
  4. 4The Sting of the Scorpion
  5. 5The Lighter Side
  6. 6Balkan Pact Signed

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Saxonia - Dry Docks. DESCRIPTION: A handsome new Cunard liner, the Saxonia leaves her berth on the Clyde on her way to dry dock to receive finishing touches before her trials. The 22,000 ton addition to the famous fleet will be used for service up Canada’s river St Lawrence to Montreal. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the ship. LS of gangplank. CU of the Saxonia’s funnel. Various shots of the ship manoeuvring out of the dock. Various CUs. Shots of workers on the dockside. CU of her in dry dock. MCU of men cleaning underneath the ship. MCU men cleaning the propeller. Shots of the stabilisers. Various shots of the men painting the ship. Interior shots of refurbishment. Head on shot of the ship.
Keywords
Ships and boats
Locations
Scotland; Clyde
Card file number
61600
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Samuelson
Camera
Terry O’Brien
Length of story (in feet)
123
Story extras:
Film clip

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