Tall Ship for Adventure

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1919A

Date Released

17 Mar 1966

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Rugby - How Are the Mighty Fallen
2. 2Tall Ship for Adventure
3. 3Invention with Intention
4. 4Royal Film Performance

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tall Ship for Adventure. DESCRIPTION: A special naming ceremony at Hull for the sail training schooner, Sir Winston Churchill. Costing a hundred and twenty thousand pounds, she’s the first three-master built in Britain for training young people. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV the Sir Winston Churchill in dock at Hull. MS lifebelt Sir Winston Churchill Hull. Pan up the Sir Winston Churchill. MS figure head on Sir Winston Churchill. MS young sailors on board ship. MS bottle thrown against side of ship after saving ceremony. MS pan captain walks on board. MS Sir Winston Churchill moves off from quayside. LS ditto. MS naval officials on quayside. GV Sir Winston Churchill under way out of harbour.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Launchings

Locations

Kingston-upon-Hull

Footage sources

5 Cities Film

Card file number

90892

Credits:

Camera

Jackson

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

84

Story extras:

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