Presented by BlackHawk Films using footage shot by Movietone, this black and white silent film is titled “The Great Ocean Liners: The Queen Mary”. It chronicles the inception, construction, and inaugural launch of the RMS Queen Mary. The RMS Queen Mary is a now-retired British ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard-White Star Line and was built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank Scotland. France, Germany, Italy, and Great Britain wanted to build super liners to service the Atlantic in the late 1920s and 1930s however initial projects were delayed due to the Great Depression.
BlackHawk Films logo (0:20). Text caption discussing history of the Queen Mary – constructed from the scrap of the Olympic and the Mauretania liners (0:35). Ocean liner at the dock (1:22). The Mauretania being stripped for scrap (1:43). Text detailing final stage of the Queen Mary’s construction in the Clyde River of Scotland near Glasgow (2:16). Christening of the ship by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (2:48). Close-up details of the Queen Mary’s exterior and interior (3:26). Clip from newsreel (4:23). The Queen Mary sets out on her first voyage (4:32). The Queen Mary pulls into the harbor of New York City (7:26). Aerial shot of the New York City skyline (8:14). Text detailing the Queen Mary’s transition to battleship during World War II (8:57). The Queen Mary setting sail for battle in 1940 (10:03).
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This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com
