JUST taking a few minutes off from end of voyage paperwork to pass on some information which may be of interest to yourself and other readers of Reflections interested in ships and their development. During the U.K. coastal passage and U.S.A. coastal passage this voyage, we have had B.B.C. film crews aboard filming on the ship and the producer Tony Salmon, and secretary/continuity girl, Helen Wienholt travelled with the ship from Liverpool to Halifax, to see how things work on today's vessels.
The end result is going to be a film programme called “A World of Difference”, it being an interview of two seamen, one a bosun of an old sailing ship (apparently the old sailing ship captains still alive were a bit past the interview) and our own captain, Capt. I. North. During the interview (you only hear their voices) film will be shown of the life on a sailing ship and on this one, a modern container ship.
They did a 747 pilot and an Imperial Airways pilot last time, you may have seen it, it was very good, I hope this one turns out as well. It could be shown from October onwards on BBC 2. There may be however, a World of Difference programme on mining before it, anyway I thought I would pass on the information for anyone interested.
If you are wondering if I am in the film, I doubt if, but if I am it will be a fleeting shot of me trying to nurse some life out of a “Sick” refrigerated container, but I would not count on it.
R. J. Gordon, M12476.
Editors Note: This article is from Reflections No. 26 October 1976, page 3. It has been captured by OCR, so typos & errors are possible.
