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Seawards the Great Ships

1961 film by Hilary Harris
Movie short_film Q7442268
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Summary

Seawards the Great Ships is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (53 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film[3]
  • Director: Hilary Harris[4]
  • Screenwriter: John Grierson[5]
  • Composer: Iain Hamilton[6]
  • Genre: documentary film[7]
  • Cast member: Kenneth Kendall[8]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[9]
  • Color: color[10]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[11]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1961[12]
  • Narrative location: Glasgow[13]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film[14]
  • Title: Seawards the Great Ships[15]
  • Duration: 29 minutes[16]
  • P14821: 55420[17]

Why It Matters

Seawards the Great Ships has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

FAQs

What awards did Seawards the Great Ships receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film[3].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 7
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'pt', 'tr', 'ur']
    Ampas collections film id → W067408
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Publication date → —
    P14821 → 55420
    Genre → documentary film
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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