Princess Elizabeth Launches Mightiest Carrier (1946)
Title reads: Princess Elizabeth launches mightiest carrier. Belfast, Northern Ireland. Launching the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle at Harland Wolff s Musgrave Shipyard. Panning shot of shipyard crowds. M, S of flowers being presented to Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) by apprentice Jim Christian. L, S of 50, 000 jampacked crowd watching Princess climb steps to launching platform. M, S of Princess Elizabeth with Admiral Cunningham and Lady and Earl Granville on launching platform. L, S of bow of the enormous ship. L, S silhouetted crowds standing on giant cranes. Princess makes brief speech and may God bless all who sail in her ) and smashes champagne bottle against hull. Nine Spitfires fly overhead. Various shots of ship descending the slipway. Earl shakes the Princess hand. Good L, S of ship in water. C, U of Princess Elizabeth holding baby Goddaughter, Elizabeth Osborne, at her christening. Various shots of a bullock running amok in crowded Donnegal Square. FILM ID:
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