Seawards the Great Ships

Seawards the Great Ships

7.1IMDb Score
Released:1960-03-04
Duration:29 min
Director:Hilary Harris
Actors:Bryden Murdoch
Production:Templar Film Studios, Films of Scotland Committee, Clyde Shipbuilders Association, COI
Keywords:industry

Overview:

Documentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde. In 1960, Glasgow and other towns and ports on the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland, were still one of the world's great centres of shipbuilding. The film gives an idea of the business of building a ship - the largest moving thing made by man - from the naval architects who design her to the workmen, the shipbuilders in the yard, through to a ship's launching.

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