Full titles read: "20,000 ton Liner launched - The "Duchess of Bedford"... second of the four liners to be built on the Clyde for C.P.R. christened and launched by Mrs. Baldwin."

Glasgow, Scotland.

M/S of Mrs Baldwin, wife of the then Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, surrounded by people; L/S of the group standing in the launching enclosure / box as Mrs Baldwin prepares to snip through a ribbon with some scissors - we do not get to see the actual 'snip'!

L/Ss showing the huge bow of the Liner ship moving away from the launch box; the ship moving down the shipyard ramp and into the water; the ship being pulled into position by two tugs on the River Clyde.