Floodtide

1949
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1h 30m

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Rona Anderson, Gordon Jackson, and John Laurie in Floodtide (1949)

David Shields decides to become a ship designer instead of following the family tradition and entering farming.David Shields decides to become a ship designer instead of following the family tradition and entering farming.David Shields decides to become a ship designer instead of following the family tradition and entering farming.

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6/10

Watched this film a couple of weeks ago with my gran

I loved this film, it had that charm about it, directing was good, acting was good, and it was nice to see my great city portrayed in the 1940s. It also seemed so real, a bit like a soap opera of the time in a way, it really is a hidden treasure, just glad talking pictures exists in the UK on SKY, and the best thing about it, it is one of those channels you get free, as long as you have a sky box. It was also good to see the old glasgow shipyard get portrayed in its heyday. All in all I had a smile from start to finish, because of its charm.

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Nov 25, 2017
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Gordon Jackson (David Shields) and Rona Anderson (Mary Anstruther) later married on June 2, 1951. They remained together until Jackson's death on January 15, 1990.

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At the end of the film as Gordon Jackson and Rona Anderson are walking from the cliff top, it is obvious the two people are stand-ins (the girl has fair hair and a pony-tail!)

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Joe Drummond: But you're working on the Clyde, boy, and that's an honour in itself if you'd the sense to see it. Ship-building started here more than a hundred years ago. Take away the Clyde and Britain would be sunk in any war we ever had to fight. This is the cradle of the craft my lad, all about you.

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Opening credits prologue: THE CLYDE - CRADLE of SHIPBUILDING

This film is dedicated to all the skilled and devoted men in whose hands the proud tradition of the Clyde is in safe keeping.