Birkenhead - Ship Launch Of ’santa Cruz’ (1937)

Full title reads: “BIRKENHEAD“. Birkenhead, Merseyside. Destroyer ’Santa Cruz’ made for the Argentine Navy is being launched at Birkenhead. Several shots of a priest blessing the ship, a woman breaking Champagne bottle and the ship plunging int water with crowds watching. This item originally belongs to Pathe Gazette issue 37/90 but is misplaced here. 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 Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.