Sea Trials

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1597
Date Released
11 Jan 1960
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sea Trials. DESCRIPTION: Now, to the Firth of Clyde, where the mighty big tanker, the British Queen was undergoing her sea trials. She is the largest tanker yet built in Britain: 50,000 tons. Her size is in the modern trend, and so in her accommodation: a cinema, a swimming-pool, and air conditioning throughout. British Queen is the first of a new class, designed for long-distance hauls of crude oil from Kuwait. SHOTLIST: Key scene. Fade out title - scene runs. Pan bow to stern of the tanker ‘British Queen’. LS same in rough waters. BS same. GV ‘British Queen’ in rough waters.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Environment
Locations
Scotland
Footage sources
Central Office of Information
Card file number
79036
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
74
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Sea Trials', British Movietone News Issue No. 1597, 11 Jan 1960. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23410 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)