'SOVEREIGN'
Traditional boat-building skills used in the construction of the yacht ‘Sovereign’. (clip)
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Title: 'SOVEREIGN'
Reference number: 5204
Date: 1961c
Production company: [ Templar Film Studios]
Sound: mute
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 2.37 mins
Description:
Building work inside and outside yard on the yacht 'Sovereign' and general views of the finished yacht sailing.
'Sovereign' was built at Alexander Robertson's yard, Sandbank, Dunoon to a design by David Boyd. Launched 6th of June, 1963. A contender for the Americas Cup.
Shotlist: men measuring wood in boatbuilding workshop (0.26) the mast is carried outside workshop by several men (0.40) c/u details on the yacht, including painted decoration on hull (0.51) ints work inside boat (1.06) ints workshop and work on deck of boat, including planing (1.39) exts boatbuilding yard (1.48) the 'Sovereign' at sail (2.37)