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£3,000,000 Fastest Empire Ship AKA Fatest… 1930
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Full title reads: "Clydebank. £3,000,000 Fastest Empire Ship. 'The Empress of Britain' built for the CPR Quebec-Southampton service - named and launched by the Prince of Wales from John Brown's famous yard."
Clydebank, Scotland.
High angle view of Prince Edward, Prince of Wales (later...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 5337
- Sort Number:
- 30/005
- Time in/Out:
- 01:51:33:00 / 01:54:36:00
- Canister:
- 30/5
- Film ID:
- 691.35
- Issue Date:
- 16/06/1930
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The launching seen here took place on 11 June 1930.
"CPR" on the title card refers to the fact that Empress of Britain was owned and operated by the "Canadian Pacific Railway" Company.
The first 40 seconds or so of this clip are repeated, (without sound), in clip 767.15.