S.S. 'OXFORDSHIRE' Liverpool

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Places:

  • Glasgow

Subjects:

  • Ships and shipping

Genres:

  • Documentary

People/organisations:

  • Templar Films

Decade:

  • 1950s

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Title: S.S. 'OXFORDSHIRE' Liverpool

Reference number: 5335

Date: 1956*

Sponsor: Bibby Bros. & Co.

Production company: Templar Film Studios Glasgow

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 6.18 mins

Description: Follows the journey of the vessel S.S. 'Oxfordshire' from Glasgow to Liverpool docks.

Shotlist: Leaving the Clyde c/u hull and g/v's Oxfordshire being escorted by tugs out of Clyde intercut with shots of crew on board (1.19) shot from shore (2.00) passing Dumbarton Rock (2.39) In Open Water c/u Captain (2.51) gvs Firth of Clyde intercut with scenes of crew and radar in operation (3.31) Home Port Liverpool crew watching approach of tugs(3.58) member of crew operating Morse code light(4.10) crew securing tugs towing lines (4.30) Oxfordshire approaching Liverpool docks (5.50) crew secure lines (5.58) THE END