Britain lays down keels of two battleships day after Washington and London Treaties expire (1937)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit British Navy battleship keels laid at Walker and Birkenhead - narrator talks about armaments race. [Navy - Active; Munitions and Armaments; Ships and Boats] Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Two for Navy: Treaty Ends, Race Begins ENGLAND: Newcastle upon Tyne: Walker: EXT * * Music overlay SOT * * Various of keels of two battleships laid in shipyard, men standing on keel Merseyside: Birkenhead: Keel of battleship ’Prince of Wales’ laid in shipyard / Mayor of Birkenhead and other dignitaries looking on / Hydraulic rivetting machine hoisted into position / Various of ceremony of driving first rivet into battleship keel / Sign reading ’MS Prince of Wales keel laid Jan 1st 1937’ / Diginitaries down steps, shaking hands and chatting (not heard) / Various of battleship broken up for scrap / Workers on scaffolding pa