Boom In Hull Scrubbing

Series

Series Name: Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

Filmed

Nov 1969

Length of issue (in feet)

471

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: Ships’ running costs work out at about £1,000 a day - and a dirty hull can cut down the speed by as much as one knot. Now hull cleaning in dock is a booming business for divers - replacing costly dry docking.

Researcher Comments

The divers use a power-operated circular scrubbing brush driven by compressed air

Keywords

Ships and boats; Science and technology; Swimming

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/21

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sound: Chris Wilden
Camera: Dick Ewen
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter: Fred Goodland
Presenter: Howard Williams
Presenter: Ian Morrison
Producer: Janice Willett / Kay
Producer: John Hall
Presenter: Marion Foster
Director: Mark Lawton
Cutter: William Hammerton

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