| OUR NEW CRUSADERS (aka OUR NEW CRUISERS) H.M.S. Kent is launched by Countess Stanhope. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5338 |
| Catalog #: | 186380 | |
| Clip Number: | 186380-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1277 | |
| Timecode: | 01:03:27 - 01:04:34 | |
| Location: | Chatham, Kent. | |
| Year Shot: | 1926 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Spectators LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Kent TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Launching/Christening TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Military | |
| Description: | OUR NEW CRUSADERS (aka OUR NEW CRUISERS) H.M.S. Kent is launched by Countess Stanhope. Chatham, Kent. M/S, looking over the heads of a crowd of smartly dressed men and women sitting under a canopy, a vicar stands at the front giving a speech. High angled panning L/S over a large crowd waiting on a quayside. M/S of Countess Stanhope standing under the canopy on a platform in front of a docked ship; she holds a champagne bottle decorated with flowers, she says a few words before smashing the bottle against the hull. Low angled L/S of the ship sliding down the slipway, in the foreground a crowd of dockers wave their caps and cheer, people on the deck of the ship can also be seen cheering. High angled shot of the people cheering on the quayside. | |
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