EMPRESS OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED AT FAIRFIELD'S BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
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Title: EMPRESS OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED AT FAIRFIELD'S BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Reference number: 8802
Date: 1955, June 22
Director: [filmed by Don McLachlan (?)]
Sound: silent
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 1.55 mins
Description:
The launch of the liner 'Empress of Britain' at Fairfield's shipyard in Glasgow.
Don McLachlan was a keen amateur cameraman who began filming in 1935, firstly on 16mm reversal, then later on video. An engineer, keen sailor and family man, he recorded many aspects of his life, but rarely his working life. He died in December 2003.
Shotlist: title - high l/shots of Empress of Britain on slipway at Fairfield's shipyard in Govan - gv of river facing west with tugs waiting for launch (0.41) liner starts to move down slipway and enters water - gvs of liner on river with tugs manoeuvring around - title - THE END (1.55)