Editorial: Sir Malcolm Campbell comments: The Mauretania, that grand old ship, sails on her last voyage

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

317A

Date Released

4 Jul 1935

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Flashes: Duke and Duchess of York go by air to Brussels Show
2. 2Flashes: Royal Henley has pleasant day for Regatta opening
3. 3Flashes: Atlantic flyers crash at start of hop to Rome
4. 4Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: British tennis stars fail surprisingly at Wimbledon
5. 5Editorial: Sir Malcolm Campbell comments: The Mauretania, that grand old ship, sails on her last voyage
6. 6Features: about that Test Match by Tom Webster

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Section Title

Editorial: Sir Malcolm Campbell comments

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Mauretania Sails on Her Last Voyage. SHOTLIST: Shots of the passengers boarding the ship. Shot of steam from funnel. Shots of tugs with steam up. Stills of the ship on maiden voyage. Shot of her camouflaged during the War. Shot of the ship being painted white. Shot of the crew having boat drill and the ship being washed. Superimposed shot of dancing in the saloon now dismantled. Shot of the ship before being broken up. The Mayor of Southampton bids farewell to Captain Brown.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Music and dance; Local government; Engineering

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

3764

Credits:

Commentator

Sir Malcolm Campbell

Length of story (in feet)

97

Story extras:

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