• Short Summary

    Nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror launched at Birkenhead.

  • Description

    No titles. Nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror launched.

    Birkenhead, Merseyside.

    Various shots of nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror about to be launched at the Cammell Laird Yard.

    Underneath the sub we see men inspecting the launching platform. Lady McGeoch walks forward to the bows, picks up bottle and smashes it against the bows to launch the sub. The submarine moves away from the platform and into the water as a large crowd watches. L/Ss of sub afloat in water.

    Notes on file.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2225.28
    Media URN:
    57444
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    07/09/1969
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:38:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:40:21:00 / 01:40:59:00
    Canister:
    69/73

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