the WAY OF A SHIP ON THE SEA [Main]


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  • Jaar: 1918
  • Speelduur: 79 mins
  • Beschrijving: (Reel 1) Opening sequence of aerial shots showing a convoy and escort vessels. Cut to "The Making of the Men" - Nautical College, Pangbourne, HMS Worcester, HMS Medway, HMS Arethusa. Scenes showing cadet instruction in classroom theory, practical seamanship, navigation, signalling, squad drill, life saving, etc. (Reel 2) "The Birth of a Standard Ship". Shipbuilding scenes. Launch of a Standard Tanker. Female dockyard labour. Armstrong Whitworth workers. Medium-shot group of merchant officers serving in the Army Supply Corps. Arrival of a hospital ship and disembarkation of the wounded. Troopship leaves harbour. (Reel 3) "The Work at the National Docks". Various cargoes unloaded - grain, meat, sugar, wool, timber, etc. India Line vessel in dry dock. General view of the docks and ships alongside - including a rather archaic cargo/passenger vessel with a clipper bow. (Reel 4) "The Toll of the Sea". Trawlers at sea and in port. Panorama across fleet anchorage taken from forward gunnery control of HMS Canada. Scenes onboard the battleship. End sequence consisting of medium close-ups of King George V and senior naval officers, and group shots of merchant officers and crews.
    Film tribute to the "great, gallant, glorious" men of the merchant marine, Royal Navy, and Royal Naval Air Service.
  • Trefwoorden: EFG1914 / World War I / Montenaro, William H F / Wilson-Barker, D / Hancock, F C / George V, King / Madden, Charles E / Beatty, David Richard / Royal Navy, Unity / Royal Navy, Worcester / Royal Navy, Medway / Royal Navy, ARETHUSA (HMS), training ship / Royal Navy, CANADA (HMS), battleship / Royal Navy, Queen Elizabeth / Royal Navy, AGINCOURT (HMS), battleship / United States Navy, USS BIRMINGHAM, cruiser (1907) / Armstrong Whitworth / Joseph Rank Limited / ships, British naval - battleship: Canada & [+] / ships, British naval - battleship: Agincourt / ships, British naval - battleship: Orion Class / ships, British naval - battleship: Royal Sovereign Class / ships, British naval - destroyer: Unity (H.5A) / ships, British naval - destroyer: Admiralty M Class / ships, British naval - STR: Arethusa & [sail] / ships, British auxiliary - STR: Medway & [sail] / ships, British auxiliary - assistance: hospital ship / ships, British auxiliary - transport: Victoria / ships, British civilian - cargo: Jane Radcliffe / ships, British civilian - cargo: Carpathia / ships, Swedish civilian - cargo: Bertil / ships, British civilian - fishing / ships, United States naval - cruiser: Birmingham / aircraft, British naval - airship: C Type / defences, British - passive: dazzle painting / communications, British naval - direct: flag hoist / operations, British military - movement: ship / training, British naval / medical, British military - movement: ship / industry, British - ships / industry, British - food / agriculture, British - fisheries / society, British naval - sustenance / animals, mammals: dog (mascot) / animals, mammals: cat (mascot) / arts, British naval - heraldry: ship's symbol (moose head) / animals, birds: gull / 12/3(261.2) / GB, England & London, E / Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, UK / GB, England & Greenhithe, Kent
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rechten: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Productiemaatschappij: Engholm, F W
  • Kleur: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound