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Unruly shipworkers defy direction from Mitchell and Kenyon's showmen partners.
Non-Fiction 1901 2 mins Silent
Like theatre, this film begins with Scott's huge gate sliding open to disgorge its workers. But what follows is less well-rehearsed... The vain efforts of three well-dressed showmen to direct the crowd make entertaining viewing. One cheeky showman doffs his hat to the camera as he leaves on a cart. Keep an eye out for the young girl rescued just in time to avoid being mown down by a passing cart.
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Industry sponsored film 1957 7 mins Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
The famous Swan Hunter shipyards on the Tyne grease the slipway for another stirring launch in the prosperous 1950s.
Non-Fiction 1910 8 mins Silent
The construction and launch of the S.S. Olympic, the sister ship of the Titanic.
Amateur film 1986 8 mins Silent Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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Princess Louise comes to Edwardian Barrow in Furness to christen the battleship HMS Dominion.
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Industry sponsored film 1950 9 mins Silent Location: Middlesbrough
Grandeur, excitement and pride for a Middlesbrough crowd at the Smiths Dock launch of a ship for the Sugar Line.
Amateur film 1957 13 mins Silent Location: Slaggyford
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A trip from source to sea along the banks of the Clyde in a lesser-spotted Scotland where the sun always shines.
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