Dock in the Hamoaze
£15.00
A unique collection of archive film footage from 1907, plus rare photographs and slides, tells the story of the development of Devonport and its dockyard from 1691 to 1971. The film includes a series of visuals of famous ships associated with the dock and takes us back to 1907 to see the launching of HMS Lion, which became the flagship of Admiral Beaty during the 1st World War. It’s all here, including the launching of HMS Plymouth and the sea trials of HMS Scylla. Most of this visual material is now available for the very first time on video.
Description
DVD – mostly B/W images – 65 minutes
A unique collection of archive film footage from 1907, plus rare photographs and slides, tells the story of the development of Devonport and its dockyard from 1691 to 1971. The film includes a series of visuals of famous ships associated with the dock and takes us back to 1907 to see the launching of HMS Lion, which became the flagship of Admiral Beaty during the 1st World War. It’s all here, including the launching of HMS Plymouth and the sea trials of HMS Scylla. Most of this visual material is now available for the very first time on video.
The film also tells of the great dockyard fires, the execution cell and unique moving images of the workforce in action at the height of the yard’s activity. Also included is a record of the last passenger train service.
Released through Aarchive Film Productions
Specifications
All the DVDs are produced, packed and sent directly from Aarchvie Films.
The original documentaries were made on S-VHS, in a 4:3 ratio, so on a standard TV/computer screen, will show black bars on both sides.
There is some very brief areas of ‘dropout’ when they were converted from S-VHS video to digital. We have done the best we can to reduce this, but it is still there.
All of the documentaries were produced by Roger Lilley of Aarchive Films, who passed away 20 years ago. Some of the ‘modern’ footage is from between 1995 – 2000, so some of the newer footage may look different now. Also, when Roger would would use the term ‘today’, this was written back in before 2001.
Digital Remasters
Some of the video have been digitally remastered, into a 16:9 widescreen format, with updated maps, sound, colour grading and more.
The new remastered versions are online only from our Patreon Page. The DVDs are still the original format above.
