Launching of the Rimfonx

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Launching of the Rimfonx

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Location

Belfast, Belfast Harbour, Harland and Wolff

Year

1963

Date

Production 19/08/1963

Length

03min 32sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcast Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Silent footage of the launch of the RImfonn oil tanker, built in the Musgrave Yard at Belfast’s Harland and Wolff shipyard. On the day of the launch it was the largest ship ever built in a British yard. The launch was carried out by Mrs Bergeson, wife of the senior director of the Bergeson Group, the Norwegian shipping company the tanker had been built for. Towards the end there are some shots of girls in Norwegian folk dress and of the Northern Irish Prime Minister Terence O’Neill greeting the Norwegian dignitaries.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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