Monarch World’s Biggest Cable Ship

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
46/42
Date Released
27 May 1946
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Monarch World’s Biggest Cable Ship
  2. 2Road Test for a Glass Car
  3. 3Beauty School for ATS
  4. 4Somerset’s Roman Relics
  5. 5Plane Rams Skyscraper
  6. 6The "Old Guard" at the Oval
  7. 7Midgets’ Wedding

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 7
Summary
The "British Monarch" goes to sea on a cable laying trip. Retrieving and laying operations are shown in the ship that can lay 2,500 miles of continuous submarine cable.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Communications
Length of story (in feet)
121
Story extras:
Film clip
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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