Launching Of Large Ship (1934)

Unissued / unused material - dates and location unclear or unknown. Various confused shots of launching of a large ship - possibly by King George V and Queen Mary. Large crowds watch in the rain. Shots of launch and of ship - possibly a liner - in the water afterwards. May be material from two stories joined together. Cataloguer’s Notes: This may be material covering the launching of the ’Queen Mary’ in September 1934. See newsreel 34/78 - MD. 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.