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1938 TRANSPORT: Mauretania Lives Again
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1:11Now PlayingDate: 1st August 1938
Location: BIRKENHEAD, ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: 'Mauretania' Lives Again
ENGLAND: Birkenhead:
Gen. view & long view ship on stock in Cammell Laird & CO. Ltd. Yard. CU angle bow. Gen. view short on deck showing bridge. Semi view bridge. Top view deck...looking towards bow. Long view & CU men knocking chocks away. Semi view chocks falls. Gen. view pan from ship to crowd. CU crowd. Top view mass crowd. CU & semi view Lady Bates smashes bottle on side. Angle shot name 'Mauretania'. Semi view Mauretania down slipway.
Gen. view First Mauretania...
Long view King George V, Mary & George VI on deck...
Long & semi views of old 'Mauretania'...IN ROLL 2921
Gen. view new 'Mauretania' entering water. Pan crowd cheering. Gen. view tugs pulling new Mauretania.
Ships and Boats; Great Britain
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