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DetailsOriginal Format: 16mm Colour: Black & White Sound: Silent Duration: 4 mins 10 secs Credits: ICI, Imperial Chemical Industries
Billingham Film Unit Genre: Industrial
Subject: Working Life Ships Industry
Summary ICI Billingham Film Unit record of the ship Maturata (launched in Glasgow, 1955) at Middlesbrough dock on a misty early morning in the 1950s, dock workers unloading ICI sacks of ammonium sulphate fertilizer bound for Oxfam from rail freight trucks.
Description ICI Billingham Film Unit record of the ship Maturata (launched in Glasgow, 1955) at Middlesbrough dock on a misty early morning in the 1950s, dock workers unloading ICI sacks of ammonium sulphate fertilizer bound for Oxfam from rail freight trucks.
General views of the cargo ship Maturata moored at Middlesbrough Docks. ICI rail trucks are parked at the docks. Men are unloading ICI sacks stamped with the Oxfam name from ICI rail freight trucks, which are then hoisted into the ship’s hold by crane.
