Maritime Affairs: New Tanker

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1395A
Date Released
1 Mar 1956
Date submitted
28 Feb 1956
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 8
Section Title
Maritime Affairs
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Tanker. DESCRIPTION: At Wallsend-on-Tyne, a new shell tanker awaits her launching. The Honourable Lady Eccles (wife of the Minister of Education) was the sponsor, naming the ship Volvula. The ship is 31,000 tons deadweight and has a designed service speed of 16 1/2 knots. SHOTLIST: At Wallsend-on-Tyne, a new shell tanker awaits her launching. The Honourable Lady Eccles (wife of the Minister of Education) was sponsor, naming the ship ‘Volvula’. SCU tankers. SCU Lady Eccles. Champagne hits ship. Various shots of ship. CU keel. SCU crowds waving.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Launchings
Locations
Wallsend-on-Tyne
Footage sources
Shell Film Unit
Card file number
66128
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
65
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'Maritime Affairs: New Tanker', British Movietone News Issue No. 1395A, 1 Mar 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20766 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)