Seawards the Great Ships

The read

It runs a compact 29m.

Synopsis

Documentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde. In 1960, Glasgow and other towns and ports on the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland, were still one of the world's great centres of shipbuilding. The film gives an idea of the business of building a ship - the largest moving thing made by man - from the naval architects who design her to the workmen, the shipbuilders in the yard, through to a ship's launching.

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Key crew

• John GriersonScreenplay
• Hilary HarrisDirector
• Clifford HanleyWriter

Cast

• Bryden MurdochNarrator

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