Full title reads: "Birkenhead. Prince George drives first rivet in keel of H.M.S. Achilles in Cammell Laird's famous yard."
Cammell Laird Ship Yard, Birkenhead, Merseyside.
Prince Arthur, Duke of Kent walks with others onto podium. He switches on machine that lowers steel plate in front of him.
Shot of a shipbuilder heating up a rivet.
The rivet is placed in a hole in the steel plate and Prince George operates machine to drive rivet home to start the construction of the new warship HMS Achilles.
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 15/06/1931
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 10626
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 809.35
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:00:56:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:53:43:00 / 01:54:39:00
- Canister:
- 31/48
- Sort Number:
- 31/048
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