This film documents the construction and launch of the boat, the Stirling Ash. Title - Stirling Ash The film opens with a blue and white van which is parked and has a yellow sign on the back (Drypool Group Ltd, Grovehill, Beverley). Men walk away from the van and towards the factory buildings. A yellow crane is situated in the shipyard where the men are working. A man uses a sledgehammer to knock into place metal tubes supporting the boat frame before a man welds the metal together. A...

This film documents the construction and launch of the boat, the Stirling Ash. Title - Stirling Ash The film opens with a blue and white van which is parked and has a yellow sign on the back (Drypool Group Ltd, Grovehill, Beverley). Men walk away from the van and towards the factory buildings. A yellow crane is situated in the shipyard where the men are working. A man uses a sledgehammer to knock into place metal tubes supporting the boat frame before a man welds the metal together. A ladder is placed on the ground and propped against the side of the structure. A man works next to a man using a welder, and another man wearing a hardhat walks out of the work site. Two people in a canoe row past the factory on the river. From the other side of the river, the workmen are building the boat on the riverbank. The completed boat, the Bishop Burton, is on the water next to the factory opposite the yellow crane. Men are gathered around the rusted hub of another boat on land and look up at the sign painted on the side (Do Not Move). The men walk underneath the hub of the boat. A man walks down wooden steps from the top of the boat carrying a welding mask. Another sign painted into the side of a steal beam (Well Done Lads). A man climbs up steps to the top of a platform and overlooks the work yard, and two men stand at the side of the riverbank looking into the water. A man welds part of the boat on a high platform. The two men still stand on the riverbank next to the river and the boat under construction. The name of the boat is painted on the side in white letters (Stirling Ash) and bunting is hanging across the front mast. A man hangs a long pole over the side of the boat. A workman sits inside one of the work sheds next to planks of wood. The yellow crane is attached to the boat and is used to lift the boat off the wooden stilt blocks and into the river for its launch. The boat splashed water from the river onto the riverbanks as it is placed into the water, and the broken bottle of champagne lays on the riverbank. The Stirling Ash is in the water with banners and bunting decorating the top deck of the boat, and there is a Union Jack flag flying on the mast. Title - Bon Voyage.