£3,000,000 Fastest Empire Ship (1931)

Full title reads: “Clydebank. £3,000,000 fastest empire ship. ’The Empress of Britain’ - built CPR Quebec-Southampton Service - named & launched by the Prince of Wales from John Brown’s Ltd. famous shipyard.“ Clydebank, Scotland. High angle shot of Prince Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor) walking past crowds of shipyard workers. The Prince comes forward to launch the liner. N.B. No shots of liner and only long shots of the Prince. 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 fro