Feverish Activity on Southampton Dock

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

136A

Date Released

14 Jan 1932

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Heir to Ethiopia Gets a Royal Welcome
2. 2Mississippi Floods Surrounding Towns
3. 3Feverish Activity on Southampton Dock
4. 4America’s Discovery Celebrated in Spain
5. 5Simple Funeral for Mr William Graham
6. 6Australia Harvests Her Sugar Crop
7. 7Volcanic Eruption Endangers Hawaii

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Feverish Activity on Southampton Dock. DESCRIPTION: Shifts work into the night to refit the "Aquitania" in record time for next Atlantic voyage. SHOTLIST: Shots of the ship and close shot of men working on painting the funnel. Night shots of men working. CU man welding at night.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Engineering

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1611

Length of story (in feet)

67

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