Launch At Birkenhead (1920-1929)

Launch at Birkenhead, Merseyside. People arriving on the dock; fashionably-dressed woman w/ bouquet in front ready to perform the honours. She really gives the champagne bottle a heave; sends it swinging into the ship which, after a few seconds starts to slide away. Nice shot of the people watching. CU woman; no doubt Lady somebody. Also shots of tugs pulling the ship; a tanker. Side view ship. Note: item has been transferred back to front. Commercial ships. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 t