Shipyard 1935 documentary 

Back in an era when Britain, Scotland and Ireland built the worlds best merchant ships. A very hard days work for a fair days wage? Great video, well done.

Instead of going on about this and that misery, why not just appreciate how beautifully made the film was and how heroic were the people in it.

Such hard work, most became deaf because of this ruthless work. Certainly tough men indeed.

RMS Orion served through WW2 as a troop ship Survived till 1963

no health and safety in those days scary working conditions

I remember seeing the Orion when I went to Barrow with my Dad, must have been in the very early Sixties. We went on the train, a great treat for me at the time

This video should have subtitles because the narrator's voice is so quiet it is difficult, sometimes impossible, to hear what he's saying over the shipyard noises.

That is the strangest documentary I have ever seen. Fascinating.

the look in the guys face at 23:33 says it all. He worked his ass of to earn some money and now this ship will carry rich and famous people wo dont even bother to look down to the working class men and appreciate their honest and hard work. I feel him. He must be long dead by now and under that work sircumstances... lets say yourt life doesnt get longer. Poor lads back then, such skillfull and talented guys.

I lived in barrow from the Early 80s great town and pubs…left in 2005 for Australia, great decision, never looked back.

It shows in the end that the builders really didnt bask in the glory of it all..

The numbe rof work related accidents must have been high? Great film

The shipyard and its town must've been hit hard with the collapse of the British shipbuilding industry in the 1960s.

Just look at how hard these people had to work and at those little shit-house places they were forced to live in.

I bet a ship builders life in that small town was awesome...

Interesting

The only woman in the film is the posh lady glimpsed 20 seconds before the end.

wonderful

Back in the Old days many a smart ships were built, in British Ship Yards. There was work for Thousands of Workers. In those days it was very hard working. Today every thing is all modern technology.

Crazy seeing that hot work under the hammer! You can see the white and intellectually I know it’s hot but with the black and white I can’t tell HOW hot! Crazy! Reminds me of learning aluminum. 🤯❤

Pretty sure all sound and dialog were added afterward

At the launch , when the ropes stretched and broke , the power generated was able to cut a man in half if they strayed too close to the slip and indeed this happened on numerous occasions ovet the years .

Thanks }:O)

They built better stuff then, then we do now

I wonder what those hard working men thought of all the VIP's and local dignitaries who went off for a champagne lunch afterwards !

A welder is a boilermaker with his brains battered Out as my dad use to say 🤭

Would love to of lived in them days

So many people died from asbestos related illnesses

No safety gear of any description, not even a pair of gloves. Also, very uncomfortable looking, ordinary clothes, for work gear.

my grandfather worked here, in the sex shop.

See all the diversity?

Who edited this ? 💀 unbearable to watch