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C&C MC visit London Docks

c. 1936 , London (Other)

Cat no. 228825

SS Club members visit the London docks.

‘C&CMC Visit London Docks.’ This film intersperses shots of the party aboard a passenger liner and shots of the docks where there are boats and ships of all sizes. Thick smoke billows from the chimney of some of the liners. The passengers watch eagerly from on board the boat as the leaves of a bridge close ahead. Featured vessels include ‘Jervis Bay’ (which would later become HMS Jervis Bay), cargo ship ‘Otaio’ loading its cargo, and ‘Highland Princess’. ‘Photos of Joe's last SS Outing’. On board a passenger liner, a group of men look at some photographs. ‘And so passes one of the 'club's' first and foremost S.S. workers.’ Showing the same man with the photos.

Keywords

Commerce; Commercial shipping; Steamers; Transport

Intertitles

C&CMC Visit London Docks. Photos of Joe's last SS Outing. And so passes one of the 'club's' first and foremost SS workers.

Background Information

The intertitles 'And so passes one of the 'club's' first and foremost S.S. workers' would suggest the trip is to mark the leaving of an employee/club member. A vessel featured in the footage, a steamer called ‘Jervis Bay’ was requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War. HMS Jervis Bay was sunk on 5 November 1940 by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.

Manifestations

C&C MC visit London Docks

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    INV366365
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:04:04
    Modification Date
    08/10/2015
    Parts
    Reference
    738512
  • Barcode
    INV390890
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:04:04
    Modification Date
    08/10/2015
    Parts
    Reference
    738301
  • Barcode
    INV342268
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:04:04
    Modification Date
    08/10/2015
    Parts
    Reference
    738090
  • Barcode
    INV321239
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:02:36
    Modification Date
    04/03/2015
    Parts
    Reference
    737353
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV374799
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:02:36
    Modification Date
    24/11/2014
    Parts
    Reference
    737089
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV454589
    Canonical Identifier
    2014/9
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour System
    bw
    Colour Type
    bw
    Digital Assets
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:19:17
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identification Notes
    Neg / Pos Type (data migration 25/06/2021): Camera Original
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    561532
    Sound
    silent

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