Canada’s Shipbuilding Programme (1941)

Item title reads - Canada’s ship building programme. Exclusive pictures. 8 corvettes and minesweepers are launched in one day. M/S of the warships, M/S as a clergyman blesses one. C/U of the name ’Calgary’ and an official’s wife who is ready to launch it. Various shots of the names ’Redericton’, ’Transcona’, ’Trois-Riviera’, ’Brockville’ and ’Esquimalt’ and the ladies who will be launching them. M/S as one lady cuts the ribbon and the bottle smashes against the side. Various shots as it slides into the water whilst the crowds watch. Good front shot as it splashes down. M/S of one of the ships. 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 (1910-193