Ship Launched
Ship Launched
Clip: 497341_1_1
Year Shot: 1958
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1652
Original Film: 031-084
HD: N/A
Location: Holland (?)
Timecode: 00:27:50 - 00:28:59
Ship Launched Holanda. Nuevo Buque Tanque Para El Brasil. Christening and launch of ship. Woman in dark dress and hat, and pearl necklace, speaks into microphone, then grabs a bottle that's attached to a string and swings it toward the ship. It doesn't break. A man pulls the bottle back, and she does it again, quite energetically (take two) and it breaks. The woman then takes a little axe-like thing and uses it to hit... something. The boat slides down toward and into the water. People in the crowd, including a little boy, wave and smile. The boat says on it, Presidente Juscelino Rio de Janeiro.