QE2 AND VANCOUVER FOREST
Members of the public flock to see on board the newly-built QE2 at John Brown’s yard in Clydebank. (clip)
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Title: QE2 AND VANCOUVER FOREST
Reference number: 4785
Date: 1967*
Sound: silent
Original format: 16mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 3.50 mins
Description:
People queuing at Clydeside docks to board the QE2 and footage of the 'Vancouver Forest' ship being manouevered on river by tugs.
See also ref. 4781 and 4784.
Shotlist: exts Cunard QE2 ocean liner at quayside; gvs extremely long queue of people making their way to Clydeside docks, lining up, passing through gates and boarding ship (they appear to disembark also, perhaps this is a 'tour' of some kind?) includes gvs Clydeside dockyard (2.44) -blank- (2.49) gvs 'Vancouver Forest' ship leaving Clydeside docks, tugs helping to manoeuvre the ship (3.50)