Mersey's Record AKA Launching Of 'samara' (1920)

Birkenhead, Merseyside. Intertitle: “MERSEY'S RECORD LINER. New Cunarder S.S. 'Samaria' launched“. C/U of a smartly dressed elderly smashing a champagne bottle against the hull of the liner, several men in bowler hats rush to catch the broken bottle as it swings back towards it. L/S of the liner as it slides down an enormous ramp into the sea, we see the tiny figures of people rushing to get a view of the launch - highlights the magnitude of the ship. L/S of a steam tug boat tugging the vast liner out to sea. 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