The Queen Launches ‘HMS Invincible’

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2501

Date Released

8 May 1977

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Queen Launches HMS ‘Invincible’. DESCRIPTION: Her Majesty, the Queen launches the Navy’s first anti-submarine cruiser, ‘HMS Invincible’. The ‘Invincible’ is the first of three ships of this type being built for the Navy. SHOTLIST: GV HMS "Invincible" ready for launching. SV pan ditto. SV the Queen walks from car and into shipyard offices with Prince Philip. SV crowds zoom back to GV. Pan the Queen walks past crowds holding up umbrella. Angle crowds. SV the Queen onto launching platform talking. LV ‘Invincible’. SV sound on film, the Queen gives launching speech and breaks bottle of elderberry wine over bow - ship starts to move. GV ship down slipway. SV ditto. Pan ditto. GV ship in water. SV Queen and Duke watching. SV bow zoom out to GV ‘Invincible’. SV Queen watching. LV Pan Jet Buccaneer flies past over ship. SV 3 helicopter fly past. SV Jet Harrier over ship. SV ‘copters over ship. LV Queen and party watching. GV ‘Invincible’.

Keywords

Royalty; Ships and boats; Launchings

Locations

Barrow-in-Furness

Card file number

77/84

Credits:

Camera: Denis White
Commentator: Leonard Martin
Camera: Richard Day

Length of story (in feet)

183

Story extras:

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