| NEW TYNE DOCKS The oil tanker "Mitra" opens the new Tyne Dock at Smiths Dock Co's. Yard. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5413 |
| Catalog #: | 248064 | |
| Clip Number: | 248064-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1647 | |
| Timecode: | 01:24:17 - 01:25:33 | |
| Location: | North Shields, Tyneside | |
| Year Shot: | 1929 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENGINEERING: Docks & Piers LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Tyne and Wear TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Construction & Repair TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Docks & Shipyards | |
| Description: | New Tyne dock. Oil tanker "Mitra" - one of the largest repair jobs to come to the Tyne since war - inaugurates new 480 foot dock at Smiths Dock Co's. Yard. North Shields, Tyneside. L/S as the camera pans across the empty dock. M/S of a man turning two handles attached to a long rod, this lets the water flood through, various shots as the dock fills up. M/S of the front of the "Mitra" in the dock, it sails through the ribbon and officially opens it, various shots of the "Mitra" in the new dock. | |
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