| THE BIGGEST DOCK EVER A giant dock capable of lifting a 54,000 ton ship is finished in Newcastle-on-Tyne. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5378 |
| Catalog #: | 54905 | |
| Clip Number: | 54905-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1468 | |
| Timecode: | 01:43:07 - 01:44:32 | |
| Location: | Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tyneside | |
| Year Shot: | 1928 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Piers, Docks & Harbors ENGINEERING: Docks & Piers LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Tyne and Wear, Newcastle TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Docks & Shipyards | |
| Description: | THE BIGGEST DOCK...EVER. Six times as large as Trafalgar Square.....capable of lifting a 54,000 ton ship.....will hold 190,000 tons of water....completed & ready for 8,500 miles journey to much discussed naval base in Singapore. Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tyneside. L/S of the giant dock, a man walks across it. M/S of men working on it as the camera pans across the structure. L/S as it continues to pan on the deck. Various shots of the dock. | |
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