Queen Mother Names Liner (1959)

Title reads: “Queen Mother names liner“. Birkenhead, Merseyside. Various shots Queen Mother (Queen Elizabeth) on the dais with a representative of Cammell Laird’s Shipyard. C/U Queen Mother being handed champagne bottle, she swings it back, lets it go and it crashes onto the bow of the new ship “Windsor Castle“. Crowd cheering. C/U Queen Mother shaking hands with Cammell Laird’s representative. G/V as ship slides down the slipway and enters the water. Queen Mother waving. Note: commemorative brochure on file. 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 Br