Birth Of A Liner Record C - Reel 2 (1928)

Reel 2. In another Clyde shipyard a sister ship is being launced by HRH the Duchess of York. The ship is named after the Duchess. Large crowds wave to the Duchess as she arrives. The Duke of York is with the Duchess. C/U of the future King and Queen on a balcony with other officials. The ship is launched. We see the ship sliding into the water from various angles. As the ship moves along ropes are dropped into the water. We see the iron chains which fetter the ship move and strain as she moves out into the water. Panning shot of the liner. “Meanwhile, our other ship, moored fast in her berth, is being invaded by an army of workmen hurrying to resume the tasks interrupted by the launch.“ L/S of men climbing a gangplank to the ship. Intertitle informs that the number of British workmen directly employed in constructing the “Duchess“ is an average of six thousand a day for two years. Another shot of men climbing the gangplank. C/U of three men making a scale model of the liner. Dissolve to show m