LAUNCH OF HMS LEANDER [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: LAUNCH OF HMS LEANDER [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 3132
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Launch of the first Leander Class frigate at Harland and Wolff, Belfast.
  • Description: LA to workmen gathered in the bows of HMS Leander as it waits on the slip. Lady Dawnay holds a bouquet and talks with clergyman. Naming ceremony and the launch. Tugs take Leander in hand. The VIPs chat among themselves.
  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 3132
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (ADM 3132)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1961-06-28
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Dawnay, Angela (person) Royal Navy, Leander (regiment/service) Harland and Wolff (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - frigate: Leander (object name) industry, British - ships (object name) GB, Northern Ireland & Belfast, Antrim (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 171 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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