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Seawards the Great Ships (1961) Online
1961 Bryden Murdoch Kenneth Kendall Hilary Harris
Original Title :
Seawards the Great Ships
Genre :
Movie / Documentary / Short
Year :
1961
Directror :
Hilary Harris
Cast :
Bryden Murdoch,Kenneth Kendall
Writer :
John Grierson,Clifford Hanley
Type :
Movie
Time :
28min
Rating :
7.2/10

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Seawards the Great Ships (1961) Online

Documentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde. In 1960, Glasgow and other towns and ports on the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland, were still one of the world's great centres of shipbuilding. The film gives an idea of the business of building a ship - the largest moving thing made by man - from the naval architects who design her to the workmen, the shipbuilders in the yard, through to a ship's launching.
Credited cast:
Bryden Murdoch Bryden Murdoch - Narrator


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Maldarbaq

Maldarbaq

No wonder this documentary short won an Oscar, a first for Scotland. Beautifully scripted, beautifully filmed, this documentary records a bygone time, a time when sailors worldwide knew what 'Clyde Built' meant. From design to cutting the first steel, from construction to launching and on to fitting out, we see how a ship is made by man with all the marvel of his might - and brain, and creativity as well. The film has touches of humour, too, for these tough men on Clydeside were able to laugh while they constructed what they hoped would be a happy ship, often a beautiful ship too.

This film provides a wonderful record of shipbuilding and will be of interest to sailors and those in the shipping industry, to those who had a father who built ships and to many a Scot and Glaswegian.

It was a real privilege to join my last ship at Yarrow Shipbuilders, in Scotstoun, on the Clyde, in September 1985. She wasn't a ship with a name then, for she was known to all as yard number 1029, but she was to become the frigate HMS Brave - a truly beautiful ship, a very happy ship. This film brings happy memories and let me thank, indeed salute, those whose skilled work enabled Seaward to go the Great Ships.
Shaktiktilar

Shaktiktilar

I was really surprised by this film. I have no interest in ships or shipbuilding, but the visuals caught my attention immediately. The photography is dynamic, even poetic, as the camera explores a major shipyard in Scotland. The film documents the process of creating a large sea vessel in the twentieth century. Iain Hamilton's score is excellent.

I came across this film by accident. It was part of a VHS tape compilation of John Grierson's work. Sadly, the print they started with was not in good shape and the color is badly faded. I have no idea if it's available on DVD.
greatest

greatest

Seawards the Great Ships is a great film, multi-award winning culminating in an Oscar in 1961. It starts with the rudder of a ship as it slides down the slipway on launch day and moves to a montage of several launches. There is a wonderful shot from the keel to the tip of the mast. the film is full of movement and shipwright's humour. The shipyard on the Clyde is bathed in golden sunlight which they must have had to wait a long time to get.The music is very much of its time and jars a bit on modern ears but does seem to fit the pictures very well. A previous reviewer asked if a new print has been struck, yes it has and is available on DVD from a company in Scotland called Panamint Cinema