Seawards the Great Ships (1960)

Seawards the Great Ships

1960

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Hilary Harris

Cast

Bryden Murdoch as Narrator

Crew

Jim Macaulay (Animation)

Marcus Dods (Conductor)

Iain Hamilton (Music)

John Grierson (Screenplay)

Clifford Hanley (Script)