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Tales From The Shipyard: Britain's Shipbuilding Heritage on Film

certificate E Certificate
1898-1974 (DVD 2/11)
B&W / Colour
UK
Subtitles: None
Published/distributed by BFI
ISBN/EAN: 5035673009000
Ratio 1.33:1 Runtime: 314 mins
Region 2
Price: £22.99
(Including VAT at 20%)
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Tales From The Shipyard: Britain's Shipbuilding Heritage on Film 
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From scenes of jubilant workers celebrating spectacular launches in the early 1900s, to King George V and Queen Mary's morale-boosting trip to Northern England's shipyards in the tail end of the Great War; from Sean Connery's perspective on Glasgow's industrial relations in The Bowler and the Bunnet (1967) - which he also directed - to lyrical documentaries in celebration of industrial might such as Shipyard (Paul Rotha, 1935) and the Oscar-winning Seawards the Great Ships (Hilary Harris, 1960), this collection celebrates Britain's shipbuilding heritage through celebrated documentaries, lesser-known cinematic gems, and emotive actuality films.

The early silent films on this set feature newly-commissioned, semi-improvised piano scores by the celebrated silent film pianist, Stephen Horne.

This DVD is the second of the BFI's series celebrating Britain's industrial heritage, launched with 'Portrait of a Miner: National Coal Board Collection Volume 1.'

DISC ONE
* The Launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall (1898)
* Employees Leaving Messrs Vickers and Maxim's in Barrow (1901)
* Workforce of Scott & Co. Shipyard, Greenock (1901)
* The Launch of HMS Dominion (1903)
* King Edward VII Launches HMS Dreadnought from Portsmouth Dockyard (1906)
* SS Olympic (1910)
* The Launch of HMS Lowestoft (1913)
* Visit of Their Majesties the King and Queen to the North-East Coast Shipbuilding and Engineering Works on the Wear (1917)
* RMS Queen Mary Leaves the Clyde (1936)
* Shipyard (1935)
* Chains (1939)
* Tyneside (1941)
* Steel Goes to Sea (1941)
* The Little Ships of England (1943)
* 'Shipyard for Colliers' from Mining Review 2nd Year No.3 (1948)
* Berth 24 (1950)

DISC TWO
* We've Come a Long Way (1951)
* The Sea Shall Test Her (1954)
* Seawards the Great Ships (1960)
* A Great Ship (1962)
* The Bowler and the Bunnet (1967)
* UCS 1 (1971)
* Launch (1974)

Extras
* New piano scores by Stephen Horne for the silent films.
* Interview with Sean Connery (1967, 10 mins extract): Sean Connery discusses his views on labour relations, after making The Bowler and the Bunnet.
* Fully illustrated booklet with new essays and notes on all of the films, with contributions from BFI curators, Sir Sean Connery, and others.
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