Royal Launching (1959)

Titles read: “CLYDEBANK - ROYAL LAUNCHING“. Clydebank, Scotland. At John Brown’s shipyard we see the Queen Mother (Queen Elizabeth) wandering around and speaking to people in the crowd (including 7-year-old Robert Doig) before launching Britain’s biggest tanker, the ’British Queen’. Several shots of the tanker. The Queen Mother and officials look up at the enormous craft. Men work to move the blocks from the base of the ship just before the launching. The Queen Mother lets go of a bottle that smashes against the side of the ship. It moves slowly down the slipway and the huge crowd cheers. 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),