Largest Silver Bell Ever Cast (1928)

Item title reads - Largest silver bell ever cast weighing over 1 1/2 cwts. presented by inhabitants of Tyneside (where she was built) to . Nelson. Newcastle on Tyne. L/S as sailors walk down the street pulling the bell on a gun carriage, people watch from the side. M/S of sailors standing around the bell. C/U of the shiny bell with “Nelson“ engraved on it. M/S as it is carried on a pole and lifted onto a launch, sailors walk about on it. M/S as the bell is transported across on the boat. 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
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