RENFREW WORKSHOPS AND DOCKS
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Title: RENFREW WORKSHOPS AND DOCKS
Reference number: T1876
Date: late 60s
Production company: STV
Sound: mute
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 10.21 mins
Description: Visuals of men at work renovating a ship at the Renfrew workshops coupled with general views of the Renfrew docks. Also includes shots of the Renfrew ferry and possibly the old Govan ferry too.
Shotlist: Man climbs the stairs of the Queens dock central tower (1.14) Men at work in the Renfrew workshops on painting a ship in dry dock; c/u work on propellors; further shots painting hull (2.36) M/s of the ship as she sits in the dry dock and the workmen walk towards her, climb the scaffolding and get to work (3.10) Gvs crane in use (3.56) M/s of the Renfrew ferry zooms out as she passes to concentrate on the crane lifting its load (5.05) Gvs men at work (5.46) Leader (5.53) Trims (5.59) A tug sails up past the dockyard (7.20) Tracking shot of the docks from the river and the old Govan ferry (?) (8.10) Leader (8.23) gvs ship's engine room (10.21)