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Multiple Launching Of Ships To Aid War Effort
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keywords: wwii, ship launch ceremony
Synopsis: Maine shipyards in record time launch multiple cargo ships and destroyers in a single launch ceremony...(read more)
- Date: 1942
- Duration: 00:00:36
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States






Multiple Launching Of Ships To Aid War Effort
At a Maine shipyard a sign reads "48-days to build a ship". Shows four ladies holding flowers, all ship sponsors that launch cargo ships and destroyers by breaking a bottle of champagne on the bow. Shot of a war ship sliding down the ways in a shipyard.
- Related Titles:
- Military Newsreels: 1942 - Issue 14