Seawards the Great Ships (1961)

Directed by

Hilary Harris

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

29 min

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary shows shipbuilding on the River Clyde in Scotland. It follows the process of designing and constructing large ships, focusing on the workers and their skills.

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What happens

Seawards the Great Ships is a 1961 British short documentary film directed by Hilary Harris. It was written by John Grierson and Cliff Hanley, and produced by Glasgow-based Templar Films for the Clyde Shipbuilders' Association and the Central Office of Information (COI). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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