Duke Opens Graving Dock

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

45/32

Date Released

19 Apr 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Princess Elizabeth Second Subaltern
2. 2Duke Opens Graving Dock
3. 3In Memoriam
4. 4Death of a Nation
5. *Scotland v England International

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

Duke and Duchess of Gloucester aboard an Australian warship as he cuts a ribbon spanning the entrance to Sydney’s great nine million pound graving dock. The Duke, as Governor General of Australia, makes a speech and then the Duchess names the dock "Captain Cook Dock".

Keywords

Royalty; Ceremonies

Locations

Sydney; Australia

Length of story (in feet)

151

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