Maiden Voyage
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 7
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Maiden Voyage. DESCRIPTION: Rotterdam, and the Rotterdam, the new Holland-America liner about to sail on her maiden voyage. She is a big ship, 750 feet long, and 38 thousand tons, with all the latest refinements that a modern ship can have. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, accompanied by her father, Prince Bernhard, and her sister, Princess Irene, went aboard. She was travelling in the Rotterdam to New York. SHOTLIST: Liner (key). LS liner - Rotterdam (3). MS funnels. SS lifeboats. MS same. LS dock. TS Princess Beatrix climbs steps. MS to CU Princess Beatrix walks gangway. CU Captain. MS passengers kissing goodbye. CU same (2). SS liner. MS men remove rope from capstan. GV side of liner. CU same. LS liner.
- Local distribution only
- Not shown in Scotland.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Ceremonies
- Locations
- Netherlands; Rotterdam
- Footage sources
- Holland
- Card file number
- 78081
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 104
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