Ship is Launched The famous Swan Hunter shipyards on the Tyne grease the slipway for another stirring launch in the prosperous 1950s. Industry sponsored film 1957 7 mins Building and Launch of the "Crepath" at Barnstaple Barnstaple's experimental concrete-hulled ship gets a visit from a jolly Italian admiral. Non-Fiction 1918 5 mins City of Ships There’s breathtaking footage of the London’s docks at their bustling peak in this informative film celebrating the work of the Port Of London Authority. Industry sponsored film 1940 34 mins Shipyard Paul Rotha’s brilliant film of the building and launch of SS Orion from the shipyards of Barrow-in-Furness. 1935 25 mins Topical Budget 34-1 Two of the earliest surviving editions of the Topical Budget newsreel, released in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster. Non-Fiction 1912 2 mins RMS Queen Mary Leaves the Clyde The iconic Cunard White Star liner leaves the shipyard of her birth and ventures seawards for the first time. 1936 2 mins Shipbuilders Shipwrights, plate-fitters and riveters support the war effort as their ships take majestic shape in this tour of British shipyards. Government sponsored film 1940 10 mins Building of a Liner The precision and beauty of shipbuilding in Britain. 1938 9 mins Circulating Water Channel See naval architects craft new designs for maximum bulk capacity in modern shipping. Documentary 1969 11 mins Clydebank. H.M. Ship 'Australia' 10,000 tons of steel slides into the Clyde in the form of HMAS Australia, a ship that would serve the Australian Navy well in WWII. Non-Fiction 1927 1 mins Sounds of the Clyde Glasgow shipbuilders organise a "work-in" in response to being laid off by the liquidators of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS). Current affairs 1971 27 mins "Princess Margaret" Shipbuilders admire their craft as the SS Princess Margaret launches in picturesque Dumbarton. Non-Fiction 1931 1 mins Fair Oriana The spectacular story of the building of a massive ocean liner. Documentary 1961 28 mins Launch of Canadian Pacific Steamship "Princess Elizabeth" The steamship Princess Elizabeth glides down the slipway at Fairfield, Glasgow. Non-Fiction 1930 1 mins Ross Belch "The Clydesiders are still a tough lot" - as evidenced in this behind-the-scenes tour of a 1960s Clydeside shipyard. Cinemagazine 1970 14 mins Ship Is a Lady The "drunken" Duchess of Richmond is launched at Clydebank - the place that launched a thousand ships. Non-Fiction 1928 2 mins Born to Boats From the Norfolk Broads to Cowes, more and more people discover they were born to boats. 1958 14 mins The Modest Millionaire A genuinely fascinating businessman, with workman’s hands, an old battered Austin, still labouring at 77, and keeping many a church going. Documentary 1985 25 mins Bideford Shipbuilding Bideford Shipbuilding Current affairs News 1978 1 mins Launch of MV Cedric Enter the spectacular slipways of Harland & Wolff, explore the shipyard that built the Titanic and her sister ships. Sponsored film 1952 2 mins Ships for the World - Built in Britain From luxury liner to 60s super-tanker, Britain's shipbuilders big up their export business in a funky and slightly bizarre promotional film. Documentary 1966 14 mins Ropner & Co., Shipbuilders, Stockton on Tees (1900) Hometime for thousands of Teesside shipbuilders. Non-Fiction 1900 3 mins Construction of a Graving Dock A construction project looks to the future at a Swan Hunter’s Tyneside shipyard in the 1930s. Amateur film 1935 19 mins Duke of Lancaster Experience luxury afloat as the Duke of Lancaster embarks on its maiden voyage. Behold the splendour of the ill-fated Funship during it’s heyday with the British Railways fleet. Sponsored film Travelogue 1956 7 mins Launch of TSS Principe Perfeito 22nd September 1960 Hard graft and champagne at the successful launch of a Portuguese cruise liner, built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson. Industry sponsored film 1960 7 mins Launch of M.S. Joseph R. Smallwood 11th July 1972 The Swan Hunter shipyard celebrates the launch of a tanker built to serve the Come By Chance oil refinery in Newfoundland. Industry sponsored film 1972 9 mins Launch of the MV Innesmoor Explore the gleaming new interiors of the Tyne-built cargo ship Innesmoor. Amateur film 1954 16 mins M.V. Ceres Built by Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Haverton Hill The Tyne river front is at its bustling peak in this record of sea trials for the Ceres container ship. Industry sponsored film 1951 14 mins Manchester Commerce A Tees-built ship embraces new surveillance technology on its sea trial. Industry sponsored film 1963 3 mins Oil Tanker Wellfield; HMS Bulldog Torpedo Boat Destroyer The casual heroes of the shipyards – workers and the ships they build on Tyneside are captured in beautiful monochrome by an early cine club. Amateur film 1931 16 mins Employees Leaving Messrs Vickers, Sons & Maxim in Barrow (1901) Edwardian workers file out of a naval shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness. Non-Fiction 1901 1 mins Walker's Planesailing Revolutionary Sail inspired by Plane Current affairs News 1968 5 mins Launch of M.S. Manora A brass band serenades guests in the rain at aTyneside launch of the towering MS Manora cargo ship from Swan Hunters shipyard in Wallsend. Industry sponsored film 1970 6 mins Large Freighter is being Built at Appledore Shipyard The industry where the waves meet the shore Current affairs News 1978 1 mins Tall Ships: Newcastle Maritime Festival 86 The Queen visits a magnificent maritime spectacle on the Tyne as Newcastle hosts the Cutty Sark Tall Ships regatta. Amateur film 1986 8 mins Royal Visit to Barrow and Launch of HMS Dominion (1903) Princess Louise comes to Edwardian Barrow in Furness to christen the battleship HMS Dominion. Non-Fiction 1903 5 mins Ship There Was A heart-warming tale about a Tyneside shipyard worker who dreams of a cruise on the luxury ocean liner he helps to build. Documentary Drama 1952 25 mins Workforce of Scott & Co. Shipyard, Greenock (1901) Unruly shipworkers defy direction from Mitchell and Kenyon's showmen partners. Non-Fiction 1901 2 mins Launch of the "Athelsultan" Built to the Order of Athel Lines Ltd, London by Smith Docks Ltd, Southbank-on-Tees Grandeur, excitement and pride for a Middlesbrough crowd at the Smiths Dock launch of a ship for the Sugar Line. Industry sponsored film 1950 9 mins Launching of Genetta IV at Dickies Yard Bangor The yacht, Genetta IV, takes to the water at Dickies Bangor, where she was made, bedecked with bunting, cheered by crowds and launched by a woman in a flowery hat. Home movie 1930 2 mins Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Names and Launches RMS Windsor Castle 38.000 tons The launch of a majestic liner, and a triumph for British shipbuilding skills. Non-Fiction 1959 13 mins Sea and Ships Join a family of 1960s holiday makers as they tell the story of their colourful adventure on the high seas of Scotland, steaming around the Firth of Clyde and beyond. Amateur film Travelogue 1960 14 mins Launch of the Thunderer HMS Thunderer is launched by the Archbishop of Canterbury's wife, in a ceremony attended by thousands of dignitaries and most of East London. Non-Fiction 1911 5 mins Launch of HMS Exeter, Neptune Yard, 17.15 Tuesday 25th April, 1978 Royal Navy top brass at the launch of the HMS Exeter destroyer from the world famous Swan Hunters shipyard on Tyneside. Industry sponsored film 1978 8 mins Ship Departing from Port (c.1901) A large liner draws away from the quay, but where is she headed? Non-Fiction 1901 1 mins F Parkin and Son Ltd Engineering Suppliers The growth of Cornwall’s Steel and Shipbuilding Industries Current affairs News 1980 1 mins Launch of the Queen Elizabeth; Launch of HMS Edinburgh; Launch of Dominion Monarch On the brink of war, Royal Navy destroyers assemble ominously on the Tyne - and a chain of ship launches are celebrated from Glasgow to Newcastle. Amateur film 1938 14 mins Home and Away No. 20 Is that a dinosaur in the shipyard? A new Jurassic-looking crane arrives on the Clyde, plus a look at tyre making and a Scottish regatta. Industry sponsored film 1960 13 mins S.S. Olympic The construction and launch of the S.S. Olympic, the sister ship of the Titanic. Non-Fiction 1910 8 mins The 'Scillonian' launches RMV Scillonian Ferry III launches Current affairs News 1977 1 mins Britain's Largest Motor Ship Empire News Bulletin No. 342 A ship off the old chocks! White Star's third liner to bear the name Britannic launches from Harland & Wolff's shipyard in Belfast Non-Fiction 1929 0 mins The Launch of the Punta Medanos at Wallsend Tyneside shipyard Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson turns out a beast of a tanker for the Argentine Navy Sponsored film 1950 8 mins Launching of M.V. British Cavalier Cloth caps at the keel blocks, bowlers on the platform, tug boats at the ready for the launch of the British Cavalier tanker on the River Wear at Sunderland. Industry sponsored film 1962 5 mins British Shipping Industry From US colonialism to UK shipbuilding via anti-strikebreaking measures - this issue of the American newsreel has it all. Anthology 1935 21 mins Stirling Ash An atmospheric film of a dry dock, the welding of the hull, primitively held by timber supports, before the ship plunges sideways into a river. Amateur film 1975 7 mins SS Oriana Join the greeting party on Tilbury dock to wave home relatives disembarking from a trans-Atlantic cruise Amateur film Home movie 1967 2 mins Visit to a Shipbuilding Yard A party of children take an eye-opening tour of John Brown's Shipyard in Clydebank. 1951 15 mins M.A.C. Ship The story of an oil tanker, rebuilt to fight back during WWII. 1944 13 mins Emmalou's First Year A lovingly crafted home movie charting the maiden voyage of the Brown family's new yacht. Amateur film 1965 17 mins Tyne Lives Tynesiders speak up - three talk on camera about their lives. Documentary 1979 63 mins Lightships The history of the lightship, including the recollections of retired mariner Charlie Moll, and archive footage of fisher girls at Yarmouth. Documentary 1970 14 mins HMS Eagle’s New Commission HMS Eagle receives its fifth commission with RAF 899 Squadron assigned to it. News 1964 1 mins Farewell HMS Eagle The aircraft carrier HMS Eagle sets out on its final journey to the breakers yard. News 1978 1 mins Farewell HMS Ark Royal The Ark Royal journeys towards its audacious end. News 1980 3 mins
