News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Home and Away

Issue

Issue No.

2

Date Released

1955

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Who Goes Home?
• 2. Glancing Back to 1954
• 3. A Visit to Erskine

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

NoS Summary - A review of the new vessels made by Babcock and Wilcox, including SS Clan Robertson and the Can Macleod cargo vessel.
Babcock and Wilcox synopsis: A brief review, including the trials on the Clyde of a new merchant vessel equipped with Babcock marine boilers; an annual outing for old B. & W. works employees, sponsored by the Company; and a B. & W. sports meeting in Renfrew.

Keywords

Sport; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Synopses of the Babcock Film Magazines booklet   p5. Used for synopsis
Scottish Screen Archive database   Ref.1517

Credits:

Sponsor

Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.

Producer

Denis Ward

Director

Derrick Knight

Production Co.

Technical & Scientific Films Ltd.

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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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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