Our New Crusaders Aka Our New Cruisers (1926)

Chatham, Kent. Title: “Our New Cruiser, . ’Kent’ launched by Countess Stanhope“. M/S, looking over the heads of a crowd of smartly dressed men and women sitting under a canopy, a vicar stands at the front giving a speech. High angled panning L/S over a large crowd waiting on a quayside. M/S of Countess Stanhope standing under the canopy on a platform in front of a docked ship; she holds a champagne bottle decorated with flowers, she says a few words before smashing the bottle against the hull. Low angled L/S of the ship sliding down the slipway, in the foreground a crowd of dockers wave their caps and cheer, people on the deck of the ship can also be seen cheering. High angled shot of the people cheering on the quayside. 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