Canberra Launched

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1607

Date Released

21 Mar 1960

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Princess Margaret’s Busy Days
2. 2Wearing of the Green
3. 3The Boom Line
4. 4A Girl’s Best Friend
5. 5Latest Arrival
6. 6Canberra Launched

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Canberra Launched. DESCRIPTION: 45,000 tons of ocean-going liner ready to take to the water at Harland and Wolff’s Belfast Yard: she’s Canberra, the largest merchant ship built in Britain since the Queen Elizabeth. Just nine years after Prime Minister Menzies had named the Canberra bomber, his wife Dame Pattie gave the name to a liner. There was Australian wine to wish her well, and the latest P and O liner moved majestically down the ways. SHOTLIST: GV ‘Canberra’. MS sign ‘Canberra’. MS propeller. GV ship. MS man sawing support blocks away. MS same (2). MS men banging on wedges. MS supports fall down. SLS Dame Pattie Menzies launches ship. GS ship slides down slipway. GV same (2).

Keywords

Ships and boats; Business and commerce; Launchings

Locations

Belfast; Northern Ireland

Card file number

79629

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

James Humphries

Length of story (in feet)

141

Story extras:

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