Shipbuilding Record (1942)

Titles read: “SHIPBUILDING RECORD“. Somewhere in northern Britain. Various shots of the construction of warships in a northern shipyard. We are told that a ship is launched here every 23 days. Men rivet and women paint girders. M/S of an unnamed lady smashing a bottle to launch a ship. Brief shot of a small crowd of dockers cheering as the ship moves down the slipway and into the water. 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 (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé websi