The Box is a major cultural and heritage attraction and archive, which opened in Plymouth’s city centre in September 2020. Its collection, formally the South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA), is the regional film archive for the South West of England, comprising the combined programme libraries of Westward Television and Television South West (TSW). It also includes a significant number of donated film collections dating back to the early 1890s.
This film is part of Free
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_480x270/public/hero-images/47eb334e9adad2f8a9a8dd9893e5ca6a.jpg?itok=HP6mBYoD)
Scillonian Sister Ship
Work on the sister ship to the Scillonian is progressing in Bristol shipyard.
In partnership with:
![Logo for The Box](/sites/default/files/styles/association/public/association-logos/The%20Box%20logo%20black.png?itok=gG7mR2_h)
Overview
The keel of the Queen of the Isles passenger ferry is being measured checked and assembled at the Albion dockyard by Charles Hill and Son in Bristol. Built over two years for the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company to aid the load of cargo and passengers of the MV Scillonian Ferry between Penzance and Scilly Isles, the Queen was launched on 16 November 1964 by the Duchess of Gloucester.
Islander was the ship's intended name but as it was already registered and so Queen of the Isles was chosen. The Queen's maiden voyage was in April 1965 under the command of Captain J.N Thomas. Reported to be an embarrassment to the company she was sold to Tonga becoming Olovaha from 1970 to 1982, several name changes and employments later she was finally named the Western Queen in 1994. This Queen ran aground at Ranadi beach in the Solomon Islands in 2001.
Related
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/Bristol-1920.jpg?itok=v3ZGrsf8)
StoryTrails: The People's Map Bristol StoryTrails: The People's Map Bristol
Documentary 2022 16 mins Location: Bristol
This map showcases a curated selection of audio stories and digitally animated 3D scans of the people and places in and around Bristol.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/3128ca6f1e94d21175b5049175e5310a.jpg?itok=azZAhqkU)
Prince of Wales Prince of Wales
Non-Fiction 1928 3 mins Silent Location: Bristol
The future King Edward VIII takes to the waves at Bristol after opening a new dock extension
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/d25e5e1566b8f1b0d09fdccedda1a0ae_0.jpg?itok=Vxbzm0Z0)
Dead Centre Dead Centre
Documentary 1958 9 mins Silent Location: Bristol
Blitz-scarred Bristol's redevelopment programme was blighted by a succession of disputes, explored in this campaigning film
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/f896f51f739325a374c95a4926d3577c.jpg?itok=Ri97viDr)
Bristol's Industries Bristol's Industries
Documentary 1939 21 mins Silent Location: Bristol
Aeroplanes, mops and cigarettes are all produced in "busy Bristol" - as illustrated in this action-packed short film
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/ec671643e500355b2427f89eda9d9f43.jpg?itok=2AjmHxYq)
"Around and About" 1949 "Around and About" 1949
Amateur film 1949 25 mins Silent Location: Rumney
A summer of shows – Rumney Horse Show Society's Show, Vale of Glamorgan Agricultural Show, Usk Farmers' Club Show – and a visit to Bristol Zoo where children ride on an elephant.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/4928af72ff1abb94cfbba2dc174bebda.jpg?itok=8mudOxsa)
Yeovil and Chard - Street Scenes Yeovil and Chard - Street Scenes
Amateur film 1931 1 mins Silent Location: Crewkerne
Madcap home movie road trip around south west England - speeding through rural Somerset and Dorset up to Bristol.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/Shoot-Your-Shot-02.jpg?itok=KREdlpBS)
Shoot Your Shot Shoot Your Shot
Drama 2022 12 mins
An emotional stand-off takes flight, as teen best friends Ronit and Brennan come to terms with navigating that fuzzy feeling in their stomachs, all whilst learning to skateboard.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/Yellow-04.jpg?itok=Bt5NDkC8)
Yellow Yellow
Drama 2023 13 mins
In Taliban controlled Afghanistan, Laili walks into a Chadari store in Kabul to buy her first full body veil from a Talib shopkeeper and face a new future.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/%25E2%2580%258ELook-Like-You-02.jpeg?itok=2R3w9luT)
Look Like You Look Like You
Drama 2022 13 mins
While visiting the adoptive family of her eight-year-old biological son, Tara relays advice she gathered from growing up as a queer outcast.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/NEHEMICH-02.jpg?itok=ba9fjUy4)
Nehemich Nehemich
Drama 2023 23 mins
Banished in a dilapidated village hut during her menstruation, a young girl waits to elope with her lover.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/1717526943-default-ovp-poster-image.jpg?itok=Fk8VLsGa)
Interview with Pam Cullen Interview with Pam Cullen
Inside Film 2020 53 mins
Interview with Pam Cullen who at 97 boasts an incredible career spanning over fifty years in the Indian film industry.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_32x18/public/hero-images/muscleqanda.jpg?itok=8sw22r7R)
Muscle - Exclusive Q&A Muscle - Exclusive Q&A
Short interview 2024 34 mins
Director Gerard Johnson talks Nia Child through the making of Muscle, an adrenalized drama that tears into the stereotypes of masculinity and male friendship.