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  • Short Summary

    The submarine H.M.S. Proteus, latest of the "P" Class ships, is launched in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

  • Description

    Item title reads - Submarines to be abolished? H.M.S. Proteus - latest of the "P" Class ships, may be our last submarine! Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

    L/S of the submarine up in the dry dock. C/U of the front, M/S low angle shot of the name "Proteus" on the side. M/S as an elderly lady launches the ship with a bottle of champagne and it begins to slide down the slipway. M/S as it hits the sea. M/S's of it next to another boat, it begins to turn.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    796.25
    Media URN:
    36030
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    25/07/1929
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:18:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:35:58:00 / 01:37:16:00
    Canister:
    G 1627

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