Steel Ships and Iron Men

Today, Melvyn Bragg travels to the site of the once great John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank near Glasgow to look back to the Thirties when Britain's shipyards, once the wonder of the industrial world, were fighting to survive.

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Release Date: 2011-09-05
Seasons: 1
TMDb: 6.0/10
  • Language: English

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