Launch Of HMS Falconet At Blyth (1938)

Item title reads - Blyth. Northumberland. Men from shipyards at Blyth are in work again after Admiralty orders series of coast defence vessels and . Falconet is launched. M/S of men walking up to a window and getting paid. M/S of them looking at their money and smiling. M/S of Falconet waiting to be launched. M/S of dignitaries on the platform. C/U of the workers watching. Mrs Sissmore, wife of the Admiralty’s Commander Sissmore, smashes the bottle of champagne against the side and it glides into the river. Various shots as people cheer and wave, and the the workers wave their hats. 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 (1910-19