Giant Floating Dock (1931)

Full title reads: “Wallsend. Giant floating dock for New Zealand. First section launched from Swan Hunter’s famous Yard“ Swan Hunter Shipyard, Wallsend-on-Tyne, Northumberland. Various shots in ship yard of massive floating dock being built. Crowds of people gather to watch the first section being launched. Top view of dignitaries on podium as metal work slides down into water. Good shots of the section of floating dock being moved by a tug boat. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the