Launched Sideways! (1930)

Full title reads: “Yorkshire. Launched Sideways! and not without a spice of danger!! Trawler ’Welsbach’ takes the water in novel style.“ Yorkshire. Shots of a large trawler ship sitting on the quay in a shipyard. Men work along the keel removing the props that have been holding her in place. As the ship begins to move down the ramp a last few workmen duck under the hull to avoid ending up squashed. There is a big splash as the ship hits 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 198