LINER Queen Elizabeth leaving as a troop ship WWII
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Title: LINER Queen Elizabeth leaving as a troop ship WWII
Reference number: 3661
Date: 1942c
Director: filmed by Mr Martin Snr.
Sound: silent
Original format: 16mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 1.32 mins
Description: Short film showing the liner 'Queen Elizabeth' being towed out to sea by tugs, leaving the Clyde secretly on her way to the States, to be used as a troop ship. The departure of the ship as shown was carried out in secret with only a few witnesses. Some close ups regarding the tugs and parts of the ship.
Shotlist: [no title] 'Queen Elizabeth' leaving the Clyde, being led out to sea by tugs during WW2 (1.32)