TRAWLING
This film, made in the late 1940s begins with a tour of the major British fishing ports of the day. Trawling is the subject of the film and it is to Newlyn that the film crew travel and aboard the trawler Jacqueline for a glimpse of how life is aboard a trawler for the skipper and crew. The action covers an entire trip and includes shots of how side trawling, the norm for the period, in some detail. These trawlers were known as 'sidewinders' as they towed the trawl from either sideof the boat.
The boat in question was, until a few years ago, the last remaining side trawler in the Stevenson fleet. Here is a picture gallery of images shot aboard her in the early 1990s. By then she had had a new wheelhouse and casing fitted and a whaleback - doubtless there were many fixtures and fittings aboard the boat from the orginal movie film.
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