Queen Names Giant Tanker (1965)

Title reads: QUEEN NAMES GIANT TANKER. BarrowinFurness, Cumbria (formerly Lancashire). L, S new fuel tanker British Admiral on the stocks ready for launching. L, S bridge. Panning shot deck of tanker. L, S rudder and screw. L, S side of the tanker with man standing in foreground. Panning L, S painters at work on the hull. C, U ditto. L, S Queen Elizabeth II arriving. M, S people watching. L, S Queen being introduced to people who built the tanker. M, S ditto. L, S group of men knocking stocks away. Panning shot Queen walking up staircase to launching platform. L, S ditto. L, S mass crowd. Various C, Us of the workmen. Natural sound of Queen s launching speech. M, S Queen stepping forward to pull lever to launch the tanker. The tanker moves down the slip and goes past the camera. She goes into the water, dragging chains behind her. L, S empty stocks. L, S tanker. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMEN