For Australian Mail Service.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crowds.

Cruise ships.

Rites and ceremonies.

Ships.

England--Barrow-in-Furness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (2 minutes, 6 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1929.

Summary:

Launch of the liner SS Orontes at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (48ft). Lady Anderson climbs the stairs to the ship. The ship is launched into the sea. Crowds can be seen aboard the ship and the British flag flies from its bow. The empty slipway can be seen. A man, woman and child sit watching, warming their hands from the cold. This story was only distributed locally in Liverpool.

Notes:

Issue number: 914-1.

Series: Topical Budget.

Special distribution: Liverpool.

With intertitles.