Ingenious Ship Repairs (1943)

Full title reads: “INGENIOUS SHIP REPAIRS“. South Africa. Various shots of a damaged ship arriving with difficulty into South African port. Because no dry dock was available, a floating chamber was erected and positioned under the damaged end of the ship. The chamber, when under, raises the damaged ship out of the water. Various shots of the ship builders at work repairing the damaged ship. Close up shots of ship builders at work. (Mute & Track Negs.) 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