Full title reads: “Naples“.
Naples, Italy.
Priest walks with Italian naval officers and blesses ship in shipyard.
VS of ship on stocks in yard.
CU bottle smashing against hull of ship to launch it.
LS of ship coming down slip way. The ship has the letters ’PR’ painted on the side.
N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel. Presumably from 1930s Gazettes.
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