FRANCE: Workers fixing propellors on the SS Normandie (1935)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Skilled workers fixing propellors to the liner Normandie, the first ship to exceed 1,000 feet in length, the first French Liner to compete for the cherished ’Blue Ribbon’. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: NORMANDIE FITS ’PROP’ They were made in England. Skilled men fix four 23-ton screws to the ’Queen Mary’s’ rival. FRANCE: St. Nazaire: Big gen. side view of ’Normandie’, top view travel of ship. Semi top view of propellors. Long view and semi view of workmen fixing propellors. Gen. top view of propellors fixed. Ground gen. view of Normandie. Sound Effects: Off-stage voice describes workmen fixing Normandie’s propellors. Ships and Boats; France Background: Skilled workers fixing propellors to the liner Normandie, the first ship to exceed 1,000 feet in length, the first French Liner to compete for the cheris