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20,000 Ton Liner Launched 'duchess Of Bedford' 1928
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20,000 ton liner launched 'Duchess of Bedford'.
Location of events unknown.
Launch of the Canadian-Pacific ocean liner 'Duchess of Bedford'; 1928. Group of ladies & gentlemen standing on balcony; chatting w/ each other. Lady speaks a few words; cuts ribbon. Then shot of the ship; w/...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Cheri
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 76475
- Sort Number:
- ON 321 I
- Time in/Out:
- 01:29:24:00 / 01:30:58:00
- Canister:
- ON 321 I
- Film ID:
- 2408.15
- Issue Date:
- 1928
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The launch took place on 24 January 1928.
"Lady speaks a few words; cuts ribbon." - that's Mrs Lucy Baldwin, wife of the then Prime MInister Stanley Baldwin.