The Queen Launches Southern Cross

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1316
Date Released
23 Aug 1954
Date submitted
16 Aug 1954
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
11 / 11
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Launches Southern Cross. DESCRIPTION: Her Majesty the Queen broke her holiday at Balmoral to perform the naming and launching ceremony at Harland and Wolff’s shipyard in Belfast on the Southern Cross. This new Shaw-Savill liner will be used on the London to New Zealand route. SHOTLIST: Cars arriving. Shot of liner. CU of name of ship. Queen alighting. Climbing stairs. Receiving bouquet from apprentice. CU of Queen. Queen makes a speech. Launching ship. CU of Queen. Ship going down slipway. Entering water. Tug and ship. An artist’s impression of the ship.
Keywords
Royalty; Ships and boats; Launchings
Locations
Republic of Ireland; Belfast; Harland; Wolff Shipyard
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
61647
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
114
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Queen Launches Southern Cross', British Movietone News Issue No. 1316, 23 Aug 1954. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19462 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)