Princess Elizabeth Launches Mightiest Carrier

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

46/24

Date Released

25 Mar 1946

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Field Marshal Lord Alexander Receives City Freedom
2. 2Birth of an Island
3. 3Churchill’s New York City Speech
4. 4Princess Elizabeth Launches Mightiest Carrier

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

The scene at Belfast as Her Royal Highness launches HMS Eagle, world’s biggest carrier. Watched by a crowd of 50,000 the massive hull slides down the slipway of its natural element. Later HRH attends the christening of, and acted as Godmother to, the infant daughter of Lieutenant Commander Osborne-King. Surprise incident occurred when a bull ran wild amongst crowd outside City Hall.

Keywords

Royalty; Ships and boats; Children; Social events; Animals; Military; Launchings; Religion and belief

Locations

Belfast; Northern Ireland

Length of story (in feet)

228

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