Opening Oil Dock #1 (1950-1959)

Queen Elizabeth Dock, Eastham, Manchester Ship Canal. Opening of oil dock. CU name of ship ’Velletia’. ships in dock. signal flags on boats and across dock. men on deck. Officers chatting on deck (Captain Thornton?). Man steering. Officer answering phone. Empty deck of docked ship. Planes (jets, RAF Meteors) flying in formation. silhouetted cranes. Men standing by side of dock. Huge pipes. Uncut lavender of story used in 54/8 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. Al