Giant Tanker
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Giant Tanker. DESCRIPTION: Sepia, at 65,000 tons, is certainly in the modern vogue for giant oil-tankers. With an overall length of 817 feet, she is the longest ship launched on Merseyside, and the biggest tanker. Sepia was named and launched by Mrs Wilkinson, wife of a managing director of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS Sepia (oil tanker). MS pan same. MCU tanker’s propeller. MLS underneath tanker (men in picture). GV men knocking away blocks. GV Mrs Wilkinson launching Sepia. MLS crowd watching. MS tanker running down slipway. LS crowd watching. GV Sepia enters the water. MLS crowd. LS tanker at sea.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Launchings
- Locations
- England; Merseyside
- Card file number
- 81939
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Camera
- James Humphries
- Length of story (in feet)
- 65
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