MERCHANT SHIP JOURNEY TO CANADA
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Title: MERCHANT SHIP JOURNEY TO CANADA
Reference number: 10336
Date: 1934
Sound: silent
Original format: 9.5mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 12.28 mins
Description:
Amateur footage of life on board a merchant ship on a journey across the Atlantic to Quebec, and shots of RMS Queen Mary at Clydebank.
Collection at refs. 10335, 10336, 10337, 10338, 10339, 10340 and 10341
Shotlist:
Merchant ship on Clyde, crew on deck. GVs at sea, other vessels passing. Approaching docks, snow on deck of ship. Crew posing for camera on deck, walking around, play fighting. Passing vessels at sea. Crew members carrying cups of tea. In harbour [possibly in Wales, WAC coal bogeys on dock]. Crew relaxing, washing clothes on deck. Large ship moored nearby. Crew member steers out to ship and boards. High shots on deck. GVs at sea. Crew on deck in rough sea. Other vessels passing. Crew at work on deck. Passing close to an iceberg. Arriving at Quebec docks, passing Chateau Frontenac Hotel, houses on waterfront. Continuing along St. Lawrence River, under Quebec Bridge. Sequence of shots passing RMS Queen Mary in dock, Clydebank. Tracking shots along river, riverboat moored. Crew fooling around on deck. GVs completed Queen Mary in dock at Clydebank. GVs cargo ship in docks, snow on deck. GVs on deck in high seas, bow of ship frozen, crew using sextants and fooling around. Bow of ship covered in ice. High shots from hill in Greenock of Queen Mary on Clyde, surrounded by tugs. People in foreground look on as Queen Mary passes down Clyde. Close shot of Queen Mary passing.