Albert Harbour early sixties

[Sandy]

Hi,

For my mothers birthday she found that the local camera/film place could transfer 8mm to dvd and asked if I could find some of my fathers old film and make up a dvd. So I sneaked in to the house took the film away and hunted through it to find some footage. Lots of stuff of me and my sister as weans, but, intriguingly, a short reel entitled 'Clyde steamers at Gourock'.

So I added it on to the end of the dvd.

Boy, the whole thing was gobsmackingly expensive. 

Anyway, I have extracted some snapshots from the footage and posted them below.

Obviously, it was taken in winter as everything, apart from Talisman, is laid up in Bowling Harbour.

All the best
Sandy

[Sandy]

 

[Sandy]

 

[Sandy]

The turbine ships:- Queen Mary II outboard of Duchess of Hamilton outboard of Duchess of Montrose

[Sandy]

I forgot that the DoH and DoM had quite different ends to their promenade decks with DoM having an open staircase.

[Walter Snowdon]

Sandy- you have a real treasure trove there! Could I suggest that you contact Paddlesteamerpresevation society as they are constantly requesting old film to digitise for DVDs to sell on Waverley, Balmoral and Kingswear Castle for fund raising to keep the ships sailing. As a volunteer shopkeeper on the ships I know that the DVDs sell well and it is a way of preserving the memories for posterity so that many people can enjoy them. Remember old film deteriorates with time but digital images will last forever. Also it will be a way for family members to enjoy the past. (Gosh dont I pontificate!). regards, Walter.

[Sandy]

Hi Walter,

I will give that a go.

The breakdown of the video into chunks that I can play through the computer unfortunately doesn't completely separate out the steamer bit or I would have attempted to put it up on youtube (there has been enough photos of me in shorts on this forum already).

The footage lasts about 4 to 5 minutes and, sadly, the Talisman and Caledonia are only seen briefly.

What mildly intrigued me was that the red lion only seems to be on the big oval'd funnel ships (Caledonia and QMII) while the others seem to have escaped it.

All the best
Sandy

[djcf]

Very interesting, Sandy. It could be shot in the winter/spring 1964/65, as it looks like the Caledonia, Queen Mary II and Waverley have monastral blue hulls, (Wav. doesn't have the lions fitted yet) Of course the Jeanie Deans & Duchess of Montrose were withdrawn in 64 so never wore that livery.
Clark

[Sandy]

Hi Clark,

There is no date on the film can, so I was unsure, but, in a strange coincidence my father's footage ties in exactly with the photos that Thomas Goold took and are up on his son's website, even down to the position of the ships, the orientation of the crane visible behind the Waverley and Jeanie Deans and the funnel markings.

http://www.clydesteamer.co.uk/Albert_Harbour/albert_harbour.html

Spooky.

All the best
Sandy

[Tug--Kenny]

 Very interesting Sandy.   Now that you have the film on DVD it is possible to edit to any pattern you require.

I use the 'Power Director' program and it's possible to cut and slice and join any sections of a film (I believe Windows offer a similar program). If you are considering 'You Tube' then a 10 minute slice is the maximum allowed per upload but this could contain several blended shots of your choice.

Looking forward to it already.   

Ken

[Sandy]

Hi Ken,

I downloaded Microsoft's Movie Maker. I rebooted the PC several times due to, em, problems with various bits and bobs .....

I played around with it for a few minutes ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-59sBwvcxw

Only 3 minutes 30 or so but hopefully interesting.

All the best
Sandy

[marinemole]

Fascinating stuff. thanks for sharing.

Andy

[Tug--Kenny]

A big thumbs up for that. Clever innit   

Ken

[sandystrone]

Bit of real nostalgia there, I wonder if Colin Liddle in Alexandria would be interested in it as he has produced some real old stuff in the past.
I would say that TALISMAN is on the Sunday roster to Rothesay, as I used to get her as the last boat out of Dunoon on a winter Sunday.
From one Sandy to another!

[AlistairD]

But did LOCHFYNE sail on a Sunday in winter?