The Biggest Dock Ever (1928)

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    Item title reads - THE BIGGEST DOCK...EVER. Six times as large as Trafalgar Square.....capable of lifting a 54,000 ton ship.....will hold 190,000 tons of water....completed & ready for 8,500 miles journey to much discussed naval base in Singapore. Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tyneside. L/S of the giant dock, a man walks across it. M/S of men working on it as the camera pans across the structure. L/S as it continues to pan on the deck. Various shots of the dock. 90,000 historic films, all SEARCHABLE on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/britishpathe Join us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/britishpathe Tweet us @britishpathe FILM ID:712.2
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    Newcastle University (Youtube)
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    Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8509V3FHcw
    Resource type: Video
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 10 years, 4 months ago
    Viewed: 588 times
    Picture Taken: Unknown
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