TYNESIDE STORY
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: UKY 519).
Synopsis
A dramatised account, with actors from a local theatre company, of the reopening for war production of the Tyneside shipbuilding yards closed down by the Depression.
Opening scenes: weeds are cleared from a yard, and models in one shed prompt the manager to reminisce about the yard's history - former shipbuilders are called up from their new jobs back to the yards; their reactions range from nostalgia through anger at disruption to apprehension that the whole cycle could begin again post-war - the yard starts up again and (Reel 2) the first ship is launched. Yards are still short of manpower; film makes direct appeal to men and women, full and part-time - shots of government and shipyard training in electrical work, welding etc. Men and women at work: including some West Indian seamen, working part-time between ships. Film closes with a tribute to Tyneside - and one worker again asking 'will it be the same again - after the war?'
Notes
Remarks: very good.
Documentation/associated material: COI file - dialogue, full credits (individual actors)
Titles
- TYNESIDE STORY
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1943
- Running Time:
- 14 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Sound
- Footage:
- 1270 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB