TYNESIDE STORY [Main Title]

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  • Title: TYNESIDE STORY [Main Title]
  • Film Number: UKY 519
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  • Summary: 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.
  • Description: 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?'
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: UKY 519
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Labour (Production sponsor) Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Spectator (Production company) Gunn, Gilbert (Production individual) Hankinson, Michael (Production individual) Common, Jack (Production individual) Luff, A H (Production individual) Kemplen, Ralph (Production individual) Bland, William S (Production individual) Hughes, Ken (Production individual) People's Theatre Company (Production cast) Simpson, Alf (Production cast) Thompson, Alan (Production cast) Crabtree, W (Production cast) Bell, John (Production cast) Whittingham, G G (Production cast) Gibson, F R (Production cast) Griffin, Bob (Production cast) Whitman, W (Production cast)
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  • Keywords: industry, British - ships (object name) propaganda, British - inspirational (object name) Tyne (River), England, UK (geography) GB, England & Northd <shipyards> (geography) Race (concept) (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 1270 ft; Running time: 14 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    UKY 519

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