Newport News, Virginia (1938)

Full title reads: “Newport News, Virginia“. United States of America (USA). Various scenes of large crowds in Newport Shipyard. The Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise is ready to be launched. An unidentified lady breaks the bottle against the ship’s hull and it begins to move down the slipway into the water. VS of the hull in the water - the superstructure has yet to be completed. N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can