Submarine Launched (1969)

No titles. Nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror launched. Birkenhead, Merseyside. Various shots of nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror about to be launched at the Cammell Laird Yard. Underneath the sub we see men inspecting the launching platform. Lady McGeoch walks forward to the bows, picks up bottle and smashes it against the bows to launch the sub. The submarine moves away from the platform and into the water as a large crowd watches. L/Ss of sub afloat in water. Notes 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 British (1934-1959), as well as Vis
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