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C&C MC visit London Docks

c. 1936 , London (Other)

Cat no. 228825

SS Club members visit the London docks.

‘C&CMC Visit London Docks.’ This film intersperses shots of the party aboard a passenger liner and shots of the docks where there are boats and ships of all sizes. Thick smoke billows from the chimney of some of the liners. The passengers watch eagerly from on board the boat as the leaves of a bridge close ahead. Featured vessels include ‘Jervis Bay’ (which would later become HMS Jervis Bay), cargo ship ‘Otaio’ loading its cargo, and ‘Highland Princess’. ‘Photos of Joe's last SS Outing’. On board a passenger liner, a group of men look at some photographs. ‘And so passes one of the 'club's' first and foremost S.S. workers.’ Showing the same man with the photos.

Keywords

Commerce; Commercial shipping; Steamers; Transport

Intertitles

C&CMC Visit London Docks. Photos of Joe's last SS Outing. And so passes one of the 'club's' first and foremost SS workers.

Background Information

The intertitles 'And so passes one of the 'club's' first and foremost S.S. workers' would suggest the trip is to mark the leaving of an employee/club member. A vessel featured in the footage, a steamer called ‘Jervis Bay’ was requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War. HMS Jervis Bay was sunk on 5 November 1940 by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.

Manifestations

C&C MC visit London Docks

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