Christening New Speedboat ’empire Day’ At Slough (1938)

Slough, Berkshire (was Buckinghamshire). Various shots of a new speedboat, ’Empire Day’ being christened by Lord Strabolgi with champagne, then with lemonade. The lemonade is in honour of the man who designed the boat - Lawrence of Arabia (T E Lawrence) - who was a teetotaller. Lawrence’s friend and engineer colleague, Edward Spurr gets into the streamlined boat. 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 website.