Launching Of The Empress Of Canada 1920

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Item title reads - Launch of the "Empress of Canada". Another fine addition to the C.P.O.S's transpacific Fleet. Govan, Scotland.

M/S as the lady who is launching the ship stands on the platform holding a hammer, she is chatting to a man beside her. L/S as the "Empress of Canada" slides down...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
21923
Sort Number:
G 0695
Time in/Out:
01:47:24:00 / 01:48:26:00
Canister:
G 695
Film ID:
218.33
Issue Date:
19/08/1920

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