World’s Largest Tanker

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1383A

Date Released

8 Dec 1955

Date submitted

5 Dec 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Cyprus Despatches
2. 2Compton on the Mend
3. 3King of Iraq Opens Refinery
4. 4World’s Largest Tanker
5. 5Fat Stock Preview
6. 6Fifi Steals the Show
7. 7Sir Winston at Woodford

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Launch of ‘Spyros Niarchos’. DESCRIPTION: At Barrow in Furness a giant tanker was named and launched by Lady Weeks, wife of the Chairman of Vickers-Armstrong, the builders. SHOTLIST: SCU stern of tanker. LS side view of tanker. CU name ‘Spyros Niarchos’. CU men greasing slips. LS bottle smashes and tanker starts down slipway. LS tanker leaves and goes into river. Lady Weeks launches this tanker.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Launchings

Locations

Barrow-in-Furness

Card file number

65318

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Camera

James Humphries

Camera

Terry O’Brien

Length of story (in feet)

75

Story extras:

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