Twin Destroyers Launched At Walker-On-Tyne (1937)

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    Full title reads: "NEWCASTLE". Walker-on-Tyne, Tyne and Wear. Two destroyers one next to another ready for launched at Walker Yards. Lady Best names the first one 'Eskimo' and the ship slides into water. Crowds cheering. Lady Meade-Featherstonehaugh standing in the launching box surrounded by several people. She launches another destroyer naming her 'Mashona'. Second destroyer slides backwards into the water. 90,000 historic films, all SEARCHABLE on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/britishpathe Join us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/britishpathe Tweet us @britishpathe FILM ID:933.19
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    Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-HkrqgDnms
    Resource type: Video
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 9 years, 8 months ago
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