Title:VICTORIA CROSS WINNER ADDRESSES WAR WORKERS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BTF 34
Other titles:RAILWAYS IN BRITAIN, 1935-1976 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Victoria Cross winner, Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd, addresses workers at Eastleigh Works in Hampshire. Additional content includes Landing Craft being launched at Southampton Docks.
Description: (28 April 1943) Eastleigh Works, Hampshire, two workman fitting out an American locomotive, 'Austerity' Class 2-8-0 (?). SH234
(29 April 1943) Eastleigh Works, Hampshire, a Victoria Cross (VC) winner, Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd, addresses workers in the locomotive yard. Wing Commander Learoyd, is speaking to help boost the morale of the workers. A full view of an Eastleigh Works building in the backdrop. Locomotive (No. 232) towing a newly finished Motor Landing Craft (MLC) from an Eastleigh workshop. (20 sec) SH235
(30 April 1943) The MLC (No. 258) is then loaded onto a lorry for transportation to Southampton Docks, the South Coast of England, for launch. The MLC is towed through an urban area and into the docks. Once dockside the MLC is unloaded from the Pickfords trailer, by crane, and launched into the water. (2 min) SH236
(30 April 1943) More of the MLC being launched onto the water at Southampton Docks. (3 min 25 sec) SH237
(4 May 1943) Cuts back to an earlier sequence featuring the American locomotive. The sequence shows various techniques used to refit the various components sent by its manufacturers in America. (4 min) SH238
(12 May 1943) Landing Craft Support Medium – LCS(M) - No. 510 - at shed 101, Southampton Docks, being winched off a flat railway wagon by dockside crane. The LCS(M) is then launched onto the water. (4 min 35 sec) SH239
Alternative Title:RAILWAYS IN BRITAIN, 1935-1976 [Allocated Series Title]
