Birkenhead - Ship Launch Of 'santa Cruz' 1937

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Full title reads: "BIRKENHEAD".

Birkenhead, Merseyside.

Destroyer 'Santa Cruz' made for the Argentine Navy is being launched at Birkenhead. Several shots of a priest blessing the ship, a woman breaking Champagne bottle and the ship plunging int water with crowds watching.

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
13951
Sort Number:
37/088
Time in/Out:
01:48:29:00 / 01:48:56:00
Canister:
37/88
Film ID:
937.47
Issue Date:
04/11/1937

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