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Launching A Ship

Series

Series Name
This Is Britain

Issue

Issue No.
14
Date Released
1947
Length of issue (in feet)
1075
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Rock climbing on Mt. Snowdon
  2. 2Launching A Ship

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 2
Summary
COI synopsis: What happens before the champagne bottle breaks.
Keywords
Launchings
Written sources
The National Archives INF 6   /1957 - used for synopsis
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Central Film Library Catalogue   1949, p.103
COI Reference
MI 533/14
Credits:
Producer
A.S. Graham
Sponsor
Board Of Trade
Production Co.
Merlin Films

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
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Phone
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Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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