Floodtide
Floodtide is a 1949 British romantic drama film directed by Frederick Wilson and starring Gordon Jackson, Rona Anderson, John Laurie and Jimmy Logan. The film was one of the four of David Rawnsley's films that used his "independent frame" technique, a form of back projection. Plot. A young Scotsman becomes a ship designer instead of following the family tradition and entering farming. He works his way up the firm, marries the boss's daughter, and revolutionises shipbuilding. Critical reception. The "Radio Times" wrote, "the grim grandeur of the Clyde shipyards provides the setting for this lacklustre melodrama which  trades on the British docudramatic tradition while dealing in potboiling clichés" ; the "Oxford Times" wrote, "this is a classic town-and-country saga that is spiritedly played by an exceptional Scottish ensemble" ; while "Eye for Film" wrote, "Industry is the real star of this film. It's full of passion for building a better future and it may well prove inspiring to engineers just starting out today."