Giants of Steel

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1722
Date Released
4 Jun 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Giants of Steel. DESCRIPTION: The first giant is the Menihek Lake, specially built to carry cargoes along Canada’s St Lawrence Seaway. One of her many jobs is to transport iron-ore from the mines in the East to the steel mills of Cleveland, USA. She can carry 25,000 tons a trip. The journey which takes in Quebec, lasts for over 4 days and nights, and covers over a thousand miles. SHOTLIST: Ship called the Menihek Lake is a new iron ore carrying cargo ship. Ship leaves Quebec for Cleveland. Various shots of ship through canals and locks. Scenes on board ship including the helmsman. Ship at unloading bay. Massive cranes drop into hold of ship and unload 25,00 tons in seven hours. GV works with liner in background. MS conveyor belt. LS same. GV same place. LS transporter boat. LS same. GV another boat. CU helmsman. MS boat in dock. LS grab lowered. CU same. MS same. CU grab lifts coal. CU grab out of ship. MS same.
Keywords
Ships and boats
Locations
Canada; St Lawrence River
Footage sources
National Film Board of Canada
Card file number
84459
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
114
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Giants of Steel', British Movietone News Issue No. 1722, 4 Jun 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24652 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)