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Title: LAUNCH AND SEA TRIALS OF TS GEORGE

Reference number: 8834

Date: 1953, March 3

Production company: Templar Film Studios

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: Non-Fiction

Running time: 9.01mins

Description: The launch of cargo ship TS 'George' at Denny's of Dumbarton and her sea trials on the Firth of Clyde.

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[no title] blank (0.02) shot of prow of ship TS 'George' - shots of guests arriving for launch ceremony at Denny's in Dumbarton, climbing up gangway to platform - shot of underside of ship - shots of guests mingling on platform - shot of woman launching ship - high shot of workers on deck as ship starts to move - gvs of ship sliding into water - shots of platform party chatting (1.45) shots of George being manoeuvred on river by tug - shots of George in dry dock, workers painting sides and underside - wide shot in dry dock - shots of workers opening dry dock sluices, water entering, workers removing supports as ship floats - c/u depth markings (3.57) gvs of George on sea trials on Firth of Clyde - shots of water-line and funnel - shots of passenger tug 'The Second Snark' coming alongside, engineers climbing aboard George, gv inside bridge, captain and engineers - l/s George at sea - gvs inside engine room, engineer checking machinery - shot inside bridge - l/s George on firth - shots of captain using sextant, passing Cloch lighthouse (6.36) shots of engineers examining machinery - shot of radar revolving - shot of George passing on firth - shot on bridge, pilot at wheel - gvs of ship on firth - gvs of engineers checking machinery in engine room, carrying out tests - c/u shot Chadburn's telegraph set to full ahead - shot of turbine - gvs of George sailing on firth (8.57) blank (9.01)