New Ships From Old! Aka New Ships For Old (1932)

Full title reads: “Blyth. New Ships from Old! Closing days of the old year see welcome signs of shipbuilding - in which Britain has always been supreme.“ Blyth, Northumberland. Shots of the ship breaking yard at Blyth. Cranes are lifting parts of old metal ships. Broken metal litters the yard. The voiceover says it is known as ’The Graveyard of Ships’. As the pan carries on across the scrap yard a ship can be seen in the background. The voiceover suggests that the metal is reused in a nearby steelworks. C/U of men working breaking down part of a ship’s superstructure. The men are using oxygen cutting equipment. A crane lifts away the large section of metal the men have just been cutting. The piece of steel is laid down on the top of a pile of scrap. More shots of pieces of metal being torn away with cranes. High angle view of piece of ship being demolished. A huge metal ball is dropped onto the superstructure to break it further. The procedure is repeated. A chunk of metal is lifted away by