Off The Shelf Ships

Series

Series Name
This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.
922
Date Released
1976
Filmed
Jul 1976
Length of issue (in feet)
178
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
COI synopsis: Boats, like women, are usually individuals. This week Maggie Palmer meets a boat who has 130 identical sisters and then challenges a centuries old superstition.
Researcher Comments
The featured boats are SD (Standard Design) 14 cargo ships bulit at Austin and Pcikergill’s Sunderland yard on the Tyne. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
Keywords
Ships and boats; Industry and manufacture
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 936/922
Credits:
Camera
Alan Perry
Support services
Alison Hawkes
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter
Maggie Palmer
Presenter
Maria Almendra
Cutter
Mike Willcox
Director
Nick Hague
Producer
Sylvia Eley

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Web
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Phone
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Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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How to cite this record

'Off The Shelf Ships', This Week In Britain Issue No. 922, 1976. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/329163 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)