Launching British Aircraft Carrier (1945)

Unissued / Unused Material Tyneside. Various shots of VIPs arriving to launch warship. Including Sir Stafford Cripps and Lady Cripps. Good shots of aircraft carrier HMS Hercules being launched. Good low angle long shot of shipyard crane at work. Man hammering at ship’s stocks. CU the name “Hercules“ on the bow of aircraft carrier. Shots of ship sliding into water. Shots of crowds there to watch launching at ship builders yard. More shots of VIPs including Cripps. Shots of bows of ship. Cataloguer’s Note: Old record suggests date: 22/09/1945 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 Param