Prince George (1931)

Full title reads: “Birkenhead. Prince George drives first rivet in keel of . Achilles in Cammell Laird’s famous yard.“ Cammell Laird Ship Yard, Birkenhead, Merseyside. Prince Arthur, Duke of Kent walks with others onto podium. He switches on machine that lowers steel plate in front of him. Shot of a shipbuilder heating up a rivet. The rivet is placed in a hole in the steel plate and Prince George operates machine to drive rivet home to start the construction of the new warship HMS Achilles. 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)