Launching Of Dutch Greatest Passenger Liner (1958)

Rotterdam. Documentation on file. Pan from Rotterdam harbour to slipway with the Rotterdam. Crowds on wharf. CU. H.M. Queen Juliana christening the ship Rotterdam “I name you Rotterdam and wish you cruising speed“. MS. Queen handles little silver axe. LS. Launching. Tug boats coming and going. LS. Ship. Queen Juliana enters shed. CU. Stern of the Rotterdam. Juliana looks at model of the ship. Idem in close-up. Part of the model of the ship in close-up. LS. Model. Onlookers. Ditto. (F.G.) 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 wel