Next to No Time
Date: 1958
Director: Henry Cornelius
Production Company: Montpelier
Stars: Kenneth More, Betsy Drake, Ronald Culver, Harry Green, Patrick Barr, Maureen Connell
Location(s): Hampshire
Region(s): South East M-Q
Storyline:
An unassuming planning engineer finds himself on a trans-Atlantic liner on business and becomes the life of the party during the hour that the ship’s clocks stop as the voyage moves eastward.
Additional Information:
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Planning Engineer David Webb's latest power saving equipment festoons the plant where he works. A matted shot with reality present only in the bottom left of the image.
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From her shop across the road, Mrs. Crowley shouts up to David Webb that his employers are on the telephone wanting to speak with him. The overhead wires, and a bus that has just passed, indicate that this building was on one of London's Trolleybus routes.
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David arrives in Southampton to catch the Queen Elizabeth to New York. The Ocean Terminal alongside Ocean Dock in Southampton. The art deco building opened in 1950 and was also seen in 'Carry On Cruising' and 'John and Julie' before being demolished in 1983.
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David Webb (Kenneth More) makes his way to board RMS Queen Elizabeth. The Ocean Terminal, Southampton in Hampshire.
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As the liner departs, David waves to his girlfriend Mary. Facing Southampton's Ocean Terminal from Ocean Dock.
From Art Deco elegance to a parking lot for JCBs . . . captured by Andrew Price.
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RMS Queen Elizabeth arrives in New York. Chelsea Piers in Manhattan, New York, New York with Pier 57 to the centre.
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Having flown across the Atlantic, Georgia waves up to David as the ship docks.
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David and Georgia head into New York City by yellow cab. The South Street Viaduct of Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive with Brooklyn Bridge spanning the East River ahead. The roadway has since been widened resulting in the demolition of the riverside buildings.
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The couple's taxi dives into an underpass on Park Avenue in New York, New York. In the right distance stands the Helmsley Building.