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The Way of a Ship on the Sea

Item number (ISN):

25308

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1918

Item number (ISN):

25308

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Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

LOMBARD

Accession:

1969-0030

Media:

Film

Part:

4 of 4

Production date:

1918

Production company:

F.W. Engholm (Photography)

Production credit:

photography, F. W. Engholm

Sponsor:

Admiralty

Description:

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Film tribute to the men of the merchant marine, Royal Navy and Royal Naval Air Service.~Part 1. Opening sequence of aerial shots showing a convoy and escort vessels. Cut to "The Making of the Men" - Nautical College, Pangbourne, HMS Worcester, HMS Medway, HMS Arethusa. Scenes showing cadet instruction in classroom theory, practical seamanship, navigation, signaling, squad drill, life saving, etc.~Part 2. The Birth of a Standard Ship. Shipbuilding scenes and the launch of a standard tanker. Female dockyard labour, shoveling coal, cleaning slips and moving railcars. Armstrong Whitworth workers. Officers serving in the Army Supply Corps. Arrival of a hospital ship and disembarkation of the wounded. Troopship leaves harbour.~Part 3. The Work at the National Docks. Various cargoes unloaded - grain, meat, sugar, wool, timber, etc. General view of the docks and ships alongside.~Part 4. The Toll of the Sea. Trawlers at sea and in port. Panorama across fleet anchorage taken from forward gunnery control of HMS Canada. Scenes on board the battleship. King George V and senior naval officers, merchant officers and crews. <75mn>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

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1. Description from the Imperial War Museum Catalogue Volume 1, IWM 552.
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8503-0028

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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To be Determined / À déterminer

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