| A SHIPLOAD OF RAILWAY ENGINES Brand new steam engines are loaded onto ships to be taken to India. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5304 | |
| Catalog #: | 248002 | |
| Clip Number: | 248002-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1149 | |
| Timecode: | 01:43:41 - 01:45:17 | |
| Location: | Birkenhead, Merseyside | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ECONOMICS: Trade, Exports INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Colonialism LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Merseyside | |
| Description: | A Ship load of RAILWAY ENGINES! Loading S. S. Beldis with 17 locomotives & teners - (a total weight of over 1,700 tons) for shipment to India. Birkenhead, Merseyside. Panning shot of a row of shiny new steam engines waiting on the quayside, large cranes tower over them, a ship is anchored in the background. M/S of an engine being slowly lifted by enormous crane with the words - Vulcan Foundry - written on it, panning shot of the engine being lowered onto the deck of a ship. C/U of the wheels of the engine as it is lowered onto the deck. High angled shot of the chimney and top of the engine as it lowered onto the ship. | |
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