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A Floating Fortress Launched at Brest

Series

Series Name: Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

19 Jan 1939

Stories in this Issue:

1. Bomb Outrages
2. The Guards Are on Parade
3. A Floating Fortress Launched at Brest
4. Palestine Today - Troop Movements
5. World Scouts Jamboree in Australia
6. Wounded Japanese in Hospital
7. New Fire Float Tested on Thames
8. Floods in Yorkshire
9. Icebreakers in Holland
10. Up the Peruvian Andes by Train
11. Hollywood’s Million Dollar Night Club
12. US Liners Subsided
13. Jefferson Memorial

Story

Story No. within this Issue: 3 / 13
Summary: New French battleship the "Richelieu" is ‘put afloat’ by wife of one of the workmen who helped to build it.
Keywords: Ceremonies; Navy; Military
Length of story (in feet): 78
Story extras:: Film clip

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'A Floating Fortress Launched at Brest', Pathe Gazette Issue No. 39/6, 19 Jan 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/96772 (Accessed 27 May 2025)