Queen Mother launches Ark Royal
- Title
- Queen Mother launches Ark Royal
- Genre
- Speech
- TX Date
- 2 Jun 1981
- Year of production
- 1981
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- Duration
- 00:01:43
- Description
- Speech by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at the launch of the new Royal Navy aircraft carrier, Ark Royal at the Swan Hunter shipyard on Tyneside.
- Contributors
- Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
- Keywords
- Armed forces; Royal visits; Royalty; Tyneside; Warships; Navy; Ships; Shipbuilding; Swan Hunter; Aircraft carriers; Ark Royal
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LBC/IRN, "Queen Mother launches Ark Royal". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0010800498008 (Accessed 27 Jul 2025)