Ship Launched - The War Glory (1920)

Chepstow, Gwent. M/S of Lady Macaly (Maclay) swinging a bottle of champagne attached to a rope against the hull of The War Glory. The bottle fails to break and swings back into the crowd of officials standing on the launch platform, a man with whiskers catches it to prevent it hitting her ladyship. Panning shot follows the hull as it slides into the water. L/S of the ship sliding down the enormous ramp into the water of the River Wye. The War Glory is a state of the art vessel fully powered by steam. Note: flashframe of intertitles, also please note different spellings of her Ladyship’s name. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (191