Launch Of U.S. Dreadnought (1922)

Full title reads: “Is it for the scrap heap? Launch of America’s newest Super-Dreadnought - ’West Virginia’ - doomed to junk under the Hughes’ plan“. Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America (USA). Various L/Ss of crowds cheering as ship - a Dreadnought - slides down launching slipway into the sea. People wave from deck of colossal vessel. 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.