News in Brief: New Tanker Launched

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1419
Date Released
13 Aug 1956
Date submitted
9 Aug 1956
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Section Title
News in Brief
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Tanker Launched. DESCRIPTION: Built by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, the 47,000 ton tanker Evgennia Niarchos, one of the largest merchant ships to be built here since the war. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the tanker ‘Evgennia Niarchos’. MCU keel. Shot of bottle hitting the boat. MCU nameplate ‘Evgennia Niarchos’. Boat down slipway and into water.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Launchings
Locations
Barrow-in-Furness
Card file number
67857
Credits:
Commentator
David Lewis Jacobs
Camera
James Humphries
Length of story (in feet)
50
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News in Brief: New Tanker Launched', British Movietone News Issue No. 1419, 13 Aug 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21110 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)