Birth Of A Battleship (1927)

Item title reads: “The Birth Of A Battleship. Keel-plate of . Dorsetshire - our latest Cruiser - laid by Mrs. Donaldson.“ Portsmouth, Hampshire A crowd of shipbuilders and dockworkers watch as a large ship’s keel plate suspended by chains is slowly lowered. Mrs. Donaldson watches closely as a man in a bowler hat checks its correct position using a spirit level. Camera shows the keel plate in close up, to show the ship’s name - “. Dorsetshire.“ 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 to the end