Launching Of Menelaus (1923)

Item title reads - Launch of the Holt Liner “Menelaus“ by Provost Spence and Mayoress of Liverpool. Dundee, Scotland. The camera pans across the group including the Mayor and Mayoress. M/S as Mayoress presses launching button on Union Jack covered machine and smashes bottle against side. M/S as it slides into the sea. M/S of the ship in the water. Note: name of Mayoress may be Mrs A. Rushton. 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 from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé web