QE2
Bridge being craned on to the ship; funnel of the QE2 being lifted by a crane onto the ship (clip)
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Title: QE2
Reference number: 4807
Date: 1967
Production company: [ John Brown & Co (Clydebank) Ltd.]
Sound: silent
Original format: 16mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 2.47 mins
Description: The final stages of construction for the QE2 - includes shots of cranes lifting the funnel into place.
Shotlist: Shot of a six-bladed propellor, three time the size of one man, being fitted to the ship; pan over the side of the scaffolded ship (0.54) shot of a platform on the river, bearing the sign "Gulftide" (1.03) Bridge being craned on to the ship; funnel of the QE2 being lifted by a crane onto the ship (2.47)