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
Story extras:
Film clip
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