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a-r-wade
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Seawards the Great Ships (1961)
excellent film
4 March 2010
Seawards the Great Ships is a great film, multi-award winning culminating in an Oscar in 1961. It starts with the rudder of a ship as it slides down the slipway on launch day and moves to a montage of several launches. There is a wonderful shot from the keel to the tip of the mast. the film is full of movement and shipwright's humour. The shipyard on the Clyde is bathed in golden sunlight which they must have had to wait a long time to get.The music is very much of its time and jars a bit on modern ears but does seem to fit the pictures very well. A previous reviewer asked if a new print has been struck, yes it has and is available on DVD from a company in Scotland called Panamint Cinema
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