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Title: S.T. HAMILTON SLEIGH: Launched 7th Nov. 1960

Reference number: 5091

Date: 1960

Sponsor: Golden Fleece

Production company: Templar Film Studios

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 20.34 mins

Description: The construction, launch and testing of the super tanker 'Hamilton Sleigh', built in Scotstoun for the Australian Golden Fleece petroleum company.

Donor's father was the director Sydney D. Brown, of Blythswood Shipbuilding Company - shipyard Scotstoun. Managing director of Blythswood.

Launch of the 1960 of tanker - ‘Hamilton Sleigh’ - 6/11/1960 - commissioned by the Golden Fleece, Australian Company. Also commissioned the filming of the ship construction and the launch c.1960.

See also ref. 10027

Credits: built for Dominion Navigation Company Ltd. Nassau, Bahamas by Blythswood Shipbuilding Company Ltd. Scotstoun, Glasgow.

Shotlist: c/u 'Golden Fleece' sign - title and credits over shot of ship in dock - built for Dominion Navigation Company Ltd. Nassau, Bahamas by Blythswood Shipbuilding Company Ltd. Scotstoun, Glasgow. - shots approaching tanker on slipway - gvs tanker on slipway - gvs workers in shipyard, welding, fittings being lifted by crane, fibreglass lifeboats hoisted - shots of signal mast being positioned - deck planks being caulked - gvs ship's propeller being fitted and checked (3.00) wide shot tanker from across river - workers and cat walking along underside of tanker - stern, looking across river to Braehead power station - gvs workers in yard preparing chains, cables for launch, timber supports removed, workers using battering ram (4.50) guests and pipe band arriving for launch ceremony, including Mrs Peter Sleigh to launch ship, presented with bouquet by apprentice - party climb stairs to platform, press take photographs - gvs guests on platform, ship on slipway - workers watch from below as Mrs Sleigh smashes bottle and presses launch button - gvs ship sliding down slipway, drag chains following - ship on river, surrounded by tugs - gvs workers, empty slipway, sunset on river (7.46) gvs on deck of ship in fitting-out basin - fittings hoisted by crane, main gear case, gear shafts being cleaned, decking cut - boiler being lifted into position below deck - gvs steam generators being positioned, workers watching - gvs men working on deck surface - fittings being painted, depth markings, deck being sanded - chairs carried on board, deck swept (13.01) steam coming out of funnel - high shot of ship in dry dock for painting - women cleaning inside of ship - ship's bell being fitted - hawsers hoisted from truck on quayside - gvs workers on deck (14.43) gvs Hamilton Sleigh heading down Clyde for tests at the measured mile, passing Greenock - c/u shots propeller starting up - officials and technicians coming on board at Tail of the Bank - gvs on deck - gvs ship on Clyde - gvs on control deck - gvs ship on Clyde (19.12) shots of owner Hamilton Sleigh and company officials on deck - ship starts return journey, water pumped out of tanks - THE END (20.34)