Renown Launched 1967

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Birkenhead, Merseyside.

GV. HMS Renown, the Royal Navy's second ballistic missile submarine, on the slipway ready to be launched. Angle shot, Union Jack above the bow of submarine, pan down to the bottle on the bow. CU. Bottle on the bow. LV. The submarine on the slipway. CU. Angle shot, naval...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
56114
Sort Number:
67/018
Time in/Out:
01:21:23:00 / 01:22:33:00
Canister:
67/18
Film ID:
2021.13
Issue Date:
02/03/1967

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0:010:020:030:04

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  • The event took place on 25 February 1967.

    "The two Captains of the new submarine, Commander Kenneth Howard Mills, on the left" - the other is Commander Heath.

    jamied 2nd May 2012
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  • Thanks for the info.

    British Pathé 23rd May 2012
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