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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

410A

Date Released

15 Apr 1937

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Personalities: Mikado’s brother is first Royal visitor for the Coronation
2. 2Reports: Demonstration in Bombay
3. 3Reports: Pit tragedy in Australia
4. 4Reports: Belgian election duel
5. 5Reports: Funeral of Gunner Sullivan VC
6. 6Reports: The Princess Royal in York
7. 7Fashions: Described by Beryl de Querton
8. 8Ships
9. 9Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: The Sydney Show has two major competitions - Wood Chopping and High Jumping

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Two Launchings and Power and Prestige to Royal Navy. DESCRIPTION: Two launchings add power and prestige to British Navy. The first is the Cruiser ‘Manchester’ and secondly the Aircraft Carrier ‘Ark Royal’. Lady Hoare, wife of the First Sea Lord, has trouble smashing the bottle to launch ‘Ark Royal’. SHOTLIST: Shots of the HMS Hood. Cruiser Manchester being launched. Slides down slipway. Launching of the ‘Ark Royal’. Lady Hoare performs the ceremony. The ship slides down slipway. (Has difficulty smashing bottle).

Keywords

Ships and boats; Ceremonies; Navy; Military; Launchings

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

5307

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

117

Story extras:

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