'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)