Italy (1936)

Title reads: “Italy“. Various shots of new ship Eritrea on the stocks in an Italian shipyard. MS a priest blesses the ship with Holy Water. The ship is launched by an unidentified woman. The ship which will be doing service between Italy and Ethiopia / Abyssinia slides into the water. The voiceover talks about Italy’s East African Empire. VS of ship being towed by tug. N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel. May be missing item from 36/76 LNER issue. 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 th