Britain’s Greatest Battleship Launched (1944)

Item title reads - Britain’s greatest battleship launched. Location of events unknown, somewhere in the north of England. C/U Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham at the launching of the “Vanguard“. L/S cranes in the shipyard. L/S of the Princess’s own Royal Standard flying above large crowd. M/S looking up at the bows of “Vanguard“. M/S as the christening bottle crashes against the side of the ship. M/S of the ship sliding down the slipway. Various shots of the Princess. M/S hawsers lashing against the ground as they hold the battleship on her launching. M/S of the Princess and another lady. 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