A home movie by Austen McOlvin Laws of the shipwreck of the MV Yewglen, which ran aground off Beadnell Point in Northumberland on the 27th February 1960. Filmed between February and October of that year, the films shows the ship after the initial disaster, with people looking over the wreck plus high winds and waves crashing over the vessel causing the bow section to come away. The final part of the film in October shows the now rusting vessel plus debris now strewn along the shoreline. The...

A home movie by Austen McOlvin Laws of the shipwreck of the MV Yewglen, which ran aground off Beadnell Point in Northumberland on the 27th February 1960. Filmed between February and October of that year, the films shows the ship after the initial disaster, with people looking over the wreck plus high winds and waves crashing over the vessel causing the bow section to come away. The final part of the film in October shows the now rusting vessel plus debris now strewn along the shoreline. The film begins with general views showing the cargo ship MV Yewglen aground off Beadnall Point. Along the shoreline beside the Yewglen, people walk around looking at the stranded boat. Along a quayside a small girl in a red jacket and headscarf throws stones into the water. The film cuts to show the girl walking along the shoreline near to the Yewglen. With the tide coming in a view of the Yewglen shows the bow section missing. A crowd gathers watching the waves crash against the shoreline as well as the cargo ship. In the water beside them is the missing bow section bobbing up and down. A red lorry arrives driving along the rocky shoreline. General views show waves crashing against the stern section of the Yewglen and the bow in the water close by. The film cuts to show a rowing boat plus debris from the Yewglen washed up on the rocks. In the distance the stern section can clearly be seen to be badly damaged and rusted. A woman walks along the shoreline and points out the wreck. More close up views of the rusting ship follow. The film ends with the woman walking away from the wreck past large pieces of rusty debris.