20,000 Ton Liner Launched (1928)

Full titles read: “20,000 ton Liner launched - The “Duchess of Bedford“... second of the four liners to be built on the Clyde for . christened and launched by Mrs. Baldwin.“ Glasgow, Scotland. M/S of Mrs Baldwin, wife of the then Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, surrounded by people; L/S of the group standing in the launching enclosure / box as Mrs Baldwin prepares to snip through a ribbon with some scissors - we do not get to see the actual ’snip’! L/Ss showing the huge bow of the Liner ship moving away from the launch box; the ship moving down the shipyard ramp and into the water; the ship being pulled into position by two tugs on the River Clyde. 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,