Sponsored film produced by Turners Film Productions for Swan Hunters that records the launch of the MS Manora cargo ship into the River Tyne on 9 March 1970. The ship was built by Swan Hunter Shipbuilders at the Neptune yard in Wallsend, and broken up in Bangkok in 1988. Title: Launch of M.S. Manora 9th March 1970 Title: Sponsor: Mrs D.W. McKay Title: Owners – British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Title Builders – Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd. The film begins with a view of the bow of the...

Sponsored film produced by Turners Film Productions for Swan Hunters that records the launch of the MS Manora cargo ship into the River Tyne on 9 March 1970. The ship was built by Swan Hunter Shipbuilders at the Neptune yard in Wallsend, and broken up in Bangkok in 1988. Title: Launch of M.S. Manora 9th March 1970 Title: Sponsor: Mrs D.W. McKay Title: Owners – British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Title Builders – Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd. The film begins with a view of the bow of the Manora as the ship sits in dry dock. A launching ceremony platform has been erected at the foot of the bow of the ship. All around the dockyard are cranes and warehouses. Close-up view of the bow of the Manora, focussing on the ship’s name painted on the prow. View of the ship’s propeller high above the surface of the river water. View out across the river from behind the ship of the other docks and berths on the Tyne. A crowd of shipyard workers is gathered underneath the hull of the ship, knocking out the chocks. This is followed by a view of the cradle that the ship is resting on, on top of the slipway. A brass band plays, the conductor turns towards the camera and continues to direct the band. Dignitaires arrive for the launch, and are handed a programme by a shipyard worker who wears bright overalls and a hard hat. The dignitaries mount the launching ceremony platform. Other guests and onlookers arrive by coach. Certain dignitaries arrive by Rolls Royce; they have their photographs taken by press photographers. Mrs McKay pulls a lever to catapult a bottle of Champagne against the hull of the MS Manora, to launch the ship. The bottle smashes, and the ship begins to slide down the slipway. View, filmed from the slipway, of the ship sliding into the river. The ship orientates itself in the river. View of a microphone directly in front of the empty slipway. A sequence of shots records the dignitaries’ reactions as the look on, and then depart from the viewing platform. Once again, they have their pictures taken. Dignitaries depart by Rolls Royce and coach. Views of the MS Manora being oriented in the river by tug boats. Title: Filmed by – Turners Film Productions Newcastle Upon Tyne England