World’s Greatest Towing Task (1931)

Full title reads: “Newcastle-on-Tyne. World’s Greatest Towing Task. 17,000 ton floating dock starts on its 13,500 mile journey to New Zealand.“ Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear. Pan across huge area of steel work - this is the floating dock. Various shots of the dock being manoeuvred in the water by tugboats. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.