Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed in 1971. 25 feet reel. Launching ceremony of fishing vessel trawler 'Ranger Callisto' owned by Ranger Fishing Co. Ltd., launched on 24/06/1971 at North Shields port. Footage includes preparations and close-up shots of the ship.

This film is part of a collection of 150 8mm films made by John Arnott-Brown, railway enthusiast and amateur filmmaker. John Arnott-Brown filmed the railways in the United Kingdom, mostly steam, between 1960 and 1982. A few films include footage of railways abroad, especially Europe (e.g. Portugal, Spain). The collection includes 5 larger 400 feet reels of edited footage, whilst the rest of the collection is made of small 50 feet reels of unedited footage.