An amateur film shot by Arthur Philpson showing the unloading of iron ore from the ore carrier ‘Ore Prince’ at Tyne Dock and it’s transportation by train to The Consett Iron Company Ltd at Consett in County Durham. A tug boat is in the shipping channel of the river Tyne, the travelling crane on the Tynemouth North Pier in the background. A cargo ship is towed by tug into the river Tyne, a fishing trawler heading out to sea in the opposite direction. A second ship, the ore carrier ‘Ore...

An amateur film shot by Arthur Philpson showing the unloading of iron ore from the ore carrier ‘Ore Prince’ at Tyne Dock and it’s transportation by train to The Consett Iron Company Ltd at Consett in County Durham. A tug boat is in the shipping channel of the river Tyne, the travelling crane on the Tynemouth North Pier in the background. A cargo ship is towed by tug into the river Tyne, a fishing trawler heading out to sea in the opposite direction. A second ship, the ore carrier ‘Ore Prince’, steams into the Tyne escorted by three tug boats, the Herd Groyne Lighthouse at South Shields in the foreground. The tugs help manoeuvre the Ore Prince into the iron ore quay at Tyne Dock. Men along the dockside work with members of the crew to secure the head mooring line. Flags fly from the radar antenna and a member of the crew begins to unlock the hatches on the cargo deck. The crew use a steam powered winch to open the hatch doors and secure them. Along the quayside three large gantry cranes unload the ore from the hold. Inside the hold itself two bulldozers are used to move the ore into position for the cranes. Along the quayside the gantry cranes continue their work unloading the ore dropping it into bins. A man stands at the controls of one of the cranes, while on the deck of the ship members of the crew watch as the work continues. Two men stand at the controls of a train loader. One of the men pushes a button and iron ore falls from the loader into waiting ore wagons below. The wagons are attached to a British Railways steam locomotive Class BR Standard 9F 92064. With loading completed the train pulling nine wagons and a brake van slowly pulls away from under the loader picking up speed as it crosses a road bridge. Smoke and steam belch into the air as the driver looks out from the cab. The train approaches a signal box. Another locomotive waits on an adjoining track, and turns onto a different track. The train travels under a road bridge passing a British Railways steam locomotive Class Q6 63359 with brake van stationary on an adjoining track. As it passes Carr House West signal box near Consett the locomotive is now pushing from the rear rather than pulling the wagon from the front as it makes its way to its final destination. As the train slowly comes to a stop along a raised jetty the driver from the cab looks towards the camera. Having come to a complete stop the sides of the wagons open and the iron ore falls onto a conveyor below. A man walks along the wagons with a shovel making sure all are empty. With unloading completed the doors on the wagons close and the locomotive pushes them along a track coming to a stop beside an outbuilding. A British Railways steam locomotive Class Q7 63461 pshunts the brake car and ore wagons near to the road bridge along the track. The film ends with a repeat of the sequence showing the train approaching a signal box and turning to travel along a different track.