Novelty Launch In Australia (1938)

Australia. A new Patrol Boat, 'Vigilant', is launched by the wife of the Australian Minister of Defence and is hoisted out of dock and lowered onto the water. The two diesel engines of the ship are lowered into place. Several shots of the craft zipping over the water and passing the Sydney Harbour Bridge. 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.