Launch of England’s first concrete ship (1918)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Christening and launching of England’s first concrete ship Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: England’s First Concrete Ship ENGLAND: EXT SV elev. crowd gathered on platform by jetty CAPTION: England’s first concrete ship. Christened and launched by the Mayoress of Poole. (8) LS elev. champagne bottle dangling from bows of ship, SV man waves and Mayores of Poole watches (10) GV bows of ship as it passes down the ramp (27) GV pan dry dock (?) numbers marked along it 69, 69 1/2, 70, 70 1/2, 71 etc. (53) GV ship, people walking round it - man climbs into hold, woman examines ventilator shaft, tilt down to GV hold () GV pan ship yards to concrete mixer () MV 2 women standing by concrete mixer running sand through their fingers () MV man working with acetylane flame, holding sheet of metal in front of his fac