Mrs Macarthur Launches New Destroyer Aka Australian Destroyer Launched (1944)

Unused / unissued material. - Location and dates unknown / unclear. Full title reads: “Mrs MacArthur Launches New Destroyer“. Australian newsreel story. Various shots of the Australian Tribal Class Destroyer HMAS Bataan is launched by Mrs MacArthur (wife of the General). 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.