High and Dry

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1749A
Date Released
13 Dec 1962
Date submitted
27 Nov 1962
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1High and Dry
  2. 2Agribusiness
  3. 3On Top - Down Under
  4. 4Cup Winners’ Cup

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: High and Dry. DESCRIPTION: A piece of good news from the ship building industry, the completion of this new dry dock on the Tyne. It’s 850 ft long and 145 ft wide at the entrance, it’s capable of taking super tankers of 80,000 tons, and all but the largest of the world’s liners. Vessels are manoeuvred in by tugs, then by means of the lead in cables which keep them on a central course. Pumping dry takes less than 2 hours, with some 30 million gallons to empty. The firm are now in a position to deal with 800 large tankers, which they couldn’t have accommodated before. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV pan - new dry dock (3 shots). MS pan - ship. Ship into dry dock (7 shots). MLS ship in dry dock. MS same. Men welding (3 shots). Men cleaning and painting ship (3 shots). GV ship in dry dock. (This new dry dock is for super tankers).
Keywords
Ships and boats; Industry and manufacture
Locations
Newcastle upon Tyne
Footage sources
Central Office of Information
Card file number
85560
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
108
Story extras:
Film clip

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