The Queens of Clydebank

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1857

Date Released

4 Jan 1965

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: John Browns Shipyard - the Queen of Clydebank. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show the Clydebank Yard of John Brown, where another great ship is to be built. Clydebank is famous for its great ship among them Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. Now more than 25 years later another is to replace Queen Mary. Many months of work have gone into the design of the ship (known only as Q4 at the moment), which is due to be completed in 1968. SHOTLIST: Pictures show Queen Mary under construction. Queen Mary launching ship and making speech. Long shot of Queen Elizabeth. Model ship in hydrodynamic tank. Medium shot of man at instrument panel. Radar screen. Clydeside. Shipbuilders leaving dockyard. Welding machine. Men working. General view of the dockyard. Long shot of Queen Elizabeth. Keel of the Q4.

Keywords

Ships and boats

Locations

Scotland; Clydebank

Footage sources

Library
Templar Films

Card file number

89215

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

218

Story extras:

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