New Giant Liner

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1443

Date Released

28 Jan 1957

Date submitted

24 Jan 1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The President’s Inauguration
2. 2Drama Awards
3. 3Wharton’s Tragic Crash
4. 4Round the World Flight
5. 5New Giant Liner
6. 6Oranges and Lemons
7. 7Princess Caroline

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Model at P&O Liner. DESCRIPTION: A new 45,000 ton P&O liner is to be built at a cost of 12 1/2 million pounds. Sir William Currie (P&O Chairman) and Sir Hugh Casson examined a model of the giant. SHOTLIST: Shot of Sir William Currie and Sir Hugh Casson looking at the model. CU model. William Currie and Hugh Casson looking at the model. Shot of a model of the first P&O ship alongside the model of the new ship. CU model.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Business and commerce

Locations

London

Card file number

69564

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Camera

Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

35

Story extras:

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