| LONDON - A MIGHTY SEAPORT Ramsay MacDonald opens new landing stage at Tilbury in Essex. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5424 |
| Catalog #: | 184663 | |
| Clip Number: | 184663-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1712 | |
| Timecode: | 01:11:02 - 01:12:31 | |
| Location: | Tilbury, Essex | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Dedications LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Essex PERSONALITIES: MacDonald, Ramsay TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Docks & Shipyards | |
| Description: | London - a mighty seaport as Mr Ramsay MacDonald inaugurates giant landing stage which has taken 3 years to complete at a cost of £700,000. Tilbury, Essex L/S as Ramsay MacDonald makes his way onto the landing stage, naval officers salute and crowds have gathered to hear him, he makes his way onto the platform. M/S profile as he makes a speech. L/S as the camera pans across the crowd to a ship and two tugs. M/S as he leaves the platform and puts the rope from the ship over a mooring bollard on the landing stage. L/S of a big ship beside the landing stage, the camera pans across it all. | |
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