What Future for the Shipbuilders?

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1910A

Date Released

13 Jan 1966

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: What Future for the Shipbuilders?. DESCRIPTION: Movietone takes a look at one of our biggest industries, shipbuilding. Involving its quarter of a million employees and its importance to all of us. The dilemma of Fairfields shipyard in Glasgow, which is to be rescued from bankruptcy by a partnership between public and private enterprise. We also show the launch in Newcastle of the Priam a new class of cargo liner built for the Blue Funnel Line. SHOTLIST: GV Fairfields yard from the river. GV ditto. GV ditto. MS workers leave yard. BS ditto. Pan ditto. BS ditto. CU sign Fairfields Shipbuilding pull back to workers walking through gate. TS workers walking through gate. Zoom in notice Keep Fairfields Open. BS workers walking through gate. Pan workers leave yard. MS ditto. Pan ditto. MS ditto. Pan ditto. Pan ditto. LS welding in process. CU ditto. CU welder. CU sparks from metal. MCU welder and assistant. CU worker. CU punch punching holes in metal. LA cranes. LA cranes. CU man directing crane. LA load being lifted. GV Priam prior to her launching. LS ditto. BS ditto. MS man washing her bow. GV main deck. Pan down cargo hold. CU through porthole into crews quarters. CU chair in cabin. Pan interior cabin. CU air vent system. CU shower. MS workman knocking chocks away. CU ditto. MS ditto. MCU ditto. MS bottle hitting bows pan up to name Priam. MS Priam down slipway into water.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture

Locations

Glasgow; Scotland; Newcastle

Footage sources

Templar Films

Card file number

90643

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Peter Hannan

Length of story (in feet)

282

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