THE ONEDIN LINE 1978

This is a shorter clip than I remembered, but it does show Gloucester Docks before gentrification from the 1990s onward - and also its one-time USP that it could replicate almost any Victorian port be it London, Liverpool or even New York. All it needed was some of the spaces between the warehouses to be "distressed" as old tyme streets ( straw on the floor, ragged urchins etc ) and a ship with sails set to blot out any "modern" scenery beyond. As well as being a staple of Sunday night BBC1 viewing in the 1970s and 80s, "The Onedin Line" was one of the few Western programmes aired in Communist Romania and is still fondly remembered for the freedom of movement of its ships.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Gloucester Docks
• The Onedin Line
• BBC TV
• tall ships
• 1978

[alandrewett]

I appreciate that I only had a few seconds worth of my Dad's old cine film to work with and I do like to make a neat presentation ( and advertise my website ) but remember that back in the day cine film was precious and expensive, you had to wait days if not weeks to see the result and editing and projecting were messy complicated tasks. For those reasons the average amateur cinematographer of the 1970s could only afford an establishing shot or a short burst of action.

[alandrewett]

You are quite right and I stand corrected. Romania has a coastline and a major port - Constanta - but on therelatively small Black Sea - also bordered by communist countries Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia and Georgia and NATO member Turkey. The Onedin Line plied the Atlantic to many more varied destinations - hence its popularity

[alandrewett]

Each to his own. In fact, for Romanians living under the Communist Ceaucescu regime, The Onedin Line came to symbolise this kind of freedom. It was one of the few Western programmes shown on state TV and many the imagination of many people in the landlocked dictatorship was caugh by the many adventures of the Onedin family, Captain Baines and the rest on the high seas.

[alandrewett]

Good for you malarbusto

[BobAndGeorgia02]

Just to be clear. It was a shorter clip than you remembered. 4 seconds of video and 16 seconds of credits. Sounds a little like my home made porn.

[PictureHouseCinema]

My career was longer than that and it didn't get too far!

[ColomendyGirl]

Romania is not landlocked.

[SporeZoo]

I don't like eggs...

[malarbusto]

I had an egg for breakfast.