A dramatised account, with actors from a local theatre company, of the reopening for war production of the Tyneside shipbuilding yards closed down by the Depression.

Opening scenes: weeds are cleared from a yard, and models in one shed prompt the manager to reminisce about the yard's history - former shipbuilders are called up from their new jobs back to the yards; their reactions range from nostalgia through anger at disruption to apprehension that the whole cycle could begin again post-war - the yard starts up again and (Reel 2) the first ship is launched. Yards are still short of manpower; film makes direct appeal to men and women, full and part-time - shots of government and shipyard training in electrical work, welding etc. Men and women at work: including some West Indian seamen, working part-time between ships. Film closes with a tribute to Tyneside - and one worker again asking 'will it be the same again - after the war?'

Notes

Remarks: very good.

Documentation/associated material: COI file - dialogue, full credits (individual actors)