Another Link with Canada

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1434

Date Released

26 Nov 1956

Date Other

Nov 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Queen at Baltic Exchange
2. 2Society Wedding
3. 3Another Link with Canada
4. 4Rocket Submarine
5. 5Oil - A Survey
6. 6UN Troops in Port Said
7. *Scotland Beat Yugoslavia

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

Built at John Brown’s Yard, the 22,000 ton Sylvania joins three sister ships (Saxonia, Ivernia and Carinthia) on the run from Liverpool to Montreal. The wife of the High Commissioner for Canada performed the ceremony. SHOTLIST: Shots of the ‘Sylvania’. Men knocking wooden blocks away from the ship. Shots of naming ceremony being performed by the wife of the High Commissioner of Canada. ‘Sylvania’ into the water. Shots of the chains being dragged along the slipway. ‘Sylvania’ into water.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Industry and manufacture

Locations

Glasgow; John Brown’s Shipyard

Card file number

68988

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

James Humphries

Camera

John Charles Elder

Length of story (in feet)

50

Story extras:

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