• Short Summary

    Footage of the new ship the 'Carole Lombard' being launched by Clark Gable and Irene Dunne.

  • Description

    Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown.

    United States of America.

    M/S of the actress Carole Lombard (before her death) collecting pieces of paper from crowd.

    M/S of the bow of the new ship 'Carole'. Nice shots of the actor Clark Gable with the actress Irene Dunne. M/S of Irene smashing bottle of champagne to launch ship. M/S of Gable and Dunne giving 'V' for victory sign.

    M/S of Carole Lombard smiling.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2078.07
    Media URN:
    75578
    Group:
    Unissued unused
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    1940 - 1949
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:47:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:19:36:00 / 01:20:23:00
    Canister:
    UN 1422 A

Comments (1)

  1. Unknown user says

    Reducing the clip's current date range of 1940-49, the launch took place in January 1944

    "M/S of the bow of the new ship 'Carole'" - the ship is actually called the "SS Carole Lombard", (indeed "Carole Lombard" can be fully seen on the bow).

    Also visible on the launching platform are, at 00:25, movie producer Louis B Mayer, then at 00:27 Mrs Walter Lang, Lombard's former secretary.

    Here's a press photo from the press launch, confirming all those details....

    http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1970&dat=19440118&id=sUgyAA
    AAIBAJ&sjid=cOMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=59
    7,1179803

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