Cutty Sark’s Last Passage
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cutty Sark’s Last Voyage. DESCRIPTION: The Cutty Sark, which was launched at Dumbarton in 1869, has been towed to Greenwich, where she is to be kept as a lasting memorial to the bygone age of sail. SHOTLIST: CU of the stern of the Cutty Sark showing the name plate. Captain Irving going aboard. Several shots of the Captain on board. GV of the ship stripped down. The ship in tow. GV of the ship from Greenwich Pier. Workmen pulling the Cutty Sark into dry dock. Supports being put in place. CU of workmen placing wedges in position. GV of the Cutty Sark in dry dock.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats
- Locations
- London; Greenwich; East India Dock
- Card file number
- 62469
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
- Camera
- Peter Brown
- Commentator
- Peter Haigh
- Length of story (in feet)
- 87
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How to cite this record
'Cutty Sark’s Last Passage', British Movietone News Issue No. 1332A, 16 Dec 1954. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19723 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)