Record of the recently launched Northern Star ocean liner manoeuvred by tugs into Palmers dry dock at Hebburn on the Tyne for the fitting-out process of the ship. [Some footage in this film also appears in NEFA 19259 Northern Star.] General views of the Northern Star ocean liner towed into a flooded Palmers dry dock, Hebburn, South Tyneside, by Tyne Tugs including the 'Ashbrooke'. Shipyard workers tie the ship's guide ropes to a mechanical marine winch on a rail. The Northern...

Record of the recently launched Northern Star ocean liner manoeuvred by tugs into Palmers dry dock at Hebburn on the Tyne for the fitting-out process of the ship. [Some footage in this film also appears in NEFA 19259 Northern Star.] General views of the Northern Star ocean liner towed into a flooded Palmers dry dock, Hebburn, South Tyneside, by Tyne Tugs including the 'Ashbrooke'. Shipyard workers tie the ship's guide ropes to a mechanical marine winch on a rail. The Northern Star is drawn into the dock. The dock gate is closed and the water slowly drained from the basin. Northern Star is now rested on the block and workers on a scaffold are engaged in painting the steel hull. Workers stream out from the ship across a gang plank.