Launch of H.M.S. Nelson (1925)

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    HMS Nelson, a 35,000 ton battleship, is launched at Newcastle-on-Tyne Full Description: Gaumont Graphic Ident SLATE INFORMATION: H.M.S. Nelson, Britain's Largest Battleship, Launched at Sir Armstrong Whitworth's Yard a Newcastle-on-Tyne ENGLAND: Tyne and Wear: Newcastle-on-Tyne: EXT Video Roll Title: Monarch of the Seas: HMS Nelson Launched: 88ft Launch of H.M.S. "Nelson" BATTLESHIPS Dominion Delegates at Croydon Aerodrome. Launch of H.M.S. "Nelson" ENGLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND NEWCASTLE ON TYNE. MAIN TITLES: MONARCH OF THE SEAS- HMS NELSON BRITAINS LARGEST BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED AT SIR ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH'S YARD AT NEWCASTLE ON TYNE. (8ft) GV: CROWD OF PEOPLE ON DOCKSIDE ROUND STERN OF SHIP. PAN (21ft) MLV: OFFICIALS ON DIAS AROUND SHIPS' STERN. (26ft) MLV: CLERGYMAN BLESSING THE SHIP. (32ft) TITLE: DAME CAROLINE BRIDGMAN PERFORMS THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY. (37ft) LV: SHIP BEING CHRISTENED WITH BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE. (56ft) SV: KEEL OF BOAT AS IT GOES DOWN SLIP: HAVE ON SIDE OF SHIP 'NELSON' (67ft) LV: SHIP DOWN SLIP INTO WATER, 2 SHOTS. (82ft) LV: BATTLESHIP AFLOAT IN THE RIVER. (88ft) NB: LIBRARY NUMBER HAS LONGER SHOTS OF WHAT IS IN THE ISSUE. Armstrong-Whitworth, battlewagon, lead shop, Nelson-class, peacetime, postwar, interwar, interbellum, WWI, World War I, Great War, First World War Background: HMS Nelson, a 35,000 ton battleship, is launched at Newcastle-on-Tyne FILM ID: VLVA9G0XG6G88R43O77Y6KQRT99AW To license this film, visit https://www.britishpathe.com Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé
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    Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q748Yn_4NZY
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