Launch Of HMS Nubian At Southampton (1937)

Title reads: “Southampton“. Hampshire. Launch of HMS Nubian at Woolston Works, Messers Thornycroft. Various shots of Royal Navy ship being prepared for launch by dock workers. Mrs Wake Walkers names ship and smashes bottle of champagne on her hull. L/S of ship going down slipway. Narrator explains this destroyer ship is part of Britain's Naval rearmament. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.