Giant Tanker Launched

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1581
Date Released
21 Sep 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Mr K Continues Tour
  2. 2Fatal Building Collapse
  3. 3Giant Tanker Launched
  4. 4Miss London Airport
  5. 5Malayan Celebration

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Giant Tanker Launched. DESCRIPTION: The latest addition to a British tanker fleet was launched at Clydebank. Her sponsor, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, named the fifty thousand ton ship British Queen, the biggest merchant ship launched on the Clyde since the Queen Elizabeth twenty-one years ago. SHOTLIST: LS ship (British Queen). Shot - along length of ship. MS name of ship. MS Queen Mother and others waving to crowd. FS looking at ship. CU Queen Mother. CU Queen Mother talking. MS man pushing out ramp. CU men taking away chocks. Queen Mother and launching ceremony. LS crowd. MS ship waving. FS ship going down ramp. LS ship in water. MS Queen Mother on launching platform. LS ship in water.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Launchings
Locations
Scotland
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
78154
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
84
Story extras:
Film clip

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