LAUNCH OF SUBMARINE 'WALRUS'
The launch of submarine HMS Walrus at Scotts of Greenock in 1959. (clip)
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Title: LAUNCH OF SUBMARINE 'WALRUS'
Reference number: 2441
Date: 1959, September 22
Sound: silent
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 2.20 mins
Description:
The launch of the submarine "Walrus" at Scott-Lithgow shipyard by Princess Alice of Gloucester.
Date of launch 22nd September. See also refs. 2431, 2434, 2440, 2445, 2447, 2448.
Shotlist: No credits. gvs HMS Sanderling Pipe Band (0.23) c/u flag bearing an oak (0.25) Naval dignitaries walk over to the submarine, shots of workers (0.34) Princess Alice of Gloucester shakes hands with waiting representatives, dignitaries walk up to slipway, shots of crowd (1.05) Dignitaries inspect submarine, shots of crowd, submarine (1.36) princess names submarine and presses a button in a large brass case (2.05) c/u shot runners moving, submarine moving down slipway (2.16) gvs submarine in water (2.29)