Visit to a Shipbuilding Yard

The Coast of Commerce

1962

Take a revealing tour along a coast of contrasts, from the folksy freshness of Whitby to the coaly Tyne, queen of all rivers.

Titanic: Building the World's Largest Ship

2022

The virtually untold story of the supersize steamship’s construction: how 15,000 men toiled day and night in life-threatening conditions to create a state-of-the-art floating city.

From Us To Me / Vom Wir zum Ich

1988

This first co-production between the GDR and Great Britain is intended to contribute to an understanding of the situation and attitudes of millions of working people in opposing social orders. Using the example of shipyard workers, fishermen, the brigade and family of a trade union active cook and unemployed person of various ages and professions in Newcastle on the one hand and a brigade of crane operators of the Warnowwerft and fishermen of the Warnemünde cooperative on the other hand, insights into the way of life and attitudes of people of our time are to be conveyed.

The New Horizon

1959

A bright outlook in Birkenhead for a thriving British enterprise.

Shipyard

2009

Shipyard is a landmark documentary covering the creation and life of Bellingham, Washington's wooden boat shipyard, which was built in response to the Axis threat of WWII, it's continued growth through the '50's and '60's, as well as it's innovative role in the development and production of fiberglass boats, including patrol riverboats for the Vietnam war.

The Launch of the Punta Medanos at Wallsend

1950

Tyneside shipyard Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson turns out a beast of a tanker for the Argentine Navy.

Shipyard

1935

Documentary about the building of ships at Barrow-in-Furness.

The Occupation of Cockatoo Island 1989

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Documents the Cockatoo Island Dockyard occupation and industrial actions of 1989.

7 mill. HK – en film om Burmeister & Wain

1943

The Last Rites

2008

A silent film depicting the ship-breaking yards of Chittagong, Bangladesh, a final destination for ships too old to ply the oceans. Every year, hundreds of ships are sent to these yards. And every year, thousands of people come to these yards in search of jobs. Risking their lives to save themselves from hunger, they breathe in asbestos dust and toxic waste. The ship has to die and man has to help it die, as if man and vessel were united in common bondage. The Last Rites bears testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

Le Normandie, un géant à la française

2019

Rebuilding Titanic

2011

Experts rebuild iconic sections of the Titanic, using shipbuilding industry methods of a hundred years ago.

Balmoral

2025

As historic ships vanish from British waters, a group of passionate volunteers fights to save the Balmoral—a 1949 passenger vessel moored in Bristol’s iconic harbour—battling time, bureaucracy, and financial struggles to preserve a piece of maritime history before it’s lost forever.

Den sista båten

1983

The wharf in Landskrona launches its final boat as the workers get ready for unemployment.

Pozdrav Volgo-Donu

1954