Berth 24

How it feels

This short documentary shows the loading and unloading of a ship at Hull Docks in 1950. It follows the workers as they handle cargo for the SS Bravo bound for Gothenburg.

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What happens

Berth 24 (also known as Hull Docks; re-released as Dockers at Work) is a 1950 British documentary film produced by British Transport Films and directed by J. B. Holmes. The screenplay was by Montagu Slater. The musical score is by John Greenwood. The film concerns Hull Docks and specifically the unloading and reloading of a ship, the SS Bravo, heading back to Gothenburg. The 44-minute original was somewhat long in its capacity as a "filler" between feature films in the days when a ticket bought an A movie and a B-movie; it was re-released in 1953 as a 15-minute film entitled Dockers at Work. It was broadcast in the UK on 25 February 2021 on Talking Pictures TV. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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