British Pathe Film Footage: QE2 Nearing Completion 1968

[Waverley]

Good views of the nearly completed ship.  Short clip of the original engineroom.

www.britishpathe.com/video/qe2-nearing-completion

Source: British Pathe Media URN 56910;  Film ID 2073.13
Media :  Film footage
Description:  QE2 fitted out for sea trials.  Film footage showing Captain Warwick smoking pipe.  Scenes onboard the ship, swimming pool, control panel, engine room, workers walking down the gangway. 

[Fairfield]

Two shots of her nearing completion during the summer of 1968- one taken by Jim Orr and the other by me- both from another Queen- the original QUEEN MARY the Clyde steamer (QUEEN MARY II)

[Lynda Bradford]

You are lucky to have these really good 1968 photos  in your collection.  I especially like the one taken by Jim Orr where she stands out against the blue skies.

Thanks for sharing.   

[Fairfield]

Thanks Lynda- I was lucky enough to see her from keel laying to trials and very fortunate in friends giving me copies of their photos to fill any gaps I had.

[Lynda Bradford]

I lived in Clydebank in November 1968 and remember the excitement as the Queen Elizabeth 2 was nearing completion, ready to leave the place of her birth for the last time.

 I love Jim Orr's photo of QE2 in the fitting out basin.