SS Canberra in Belfast Sea Trials

SS Canberra in Belfast Sea Trials

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Location

Belfast, Belfast Lough

Year

1961

Date

Production 26/04/1961

Length

07min 27sec

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

The ocean liner SS Canberra was one of the most famous ships to be built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Launched in 1960, she began a period of sea trials in April 1961 before taking up service the following month. As this footage shows, the people of the area knew well that this was an out of the ordinary ship and turned up to line the shores of Belfast Lough to watch the elegant craft on its manoeuvres.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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