Subject
ship, ocean liner, steamship, vessel, boat, bow, prow, crowds, cranes, River Clyde, slipways, shipyard, shipbuilders, shipbuilding, television cameras, broadcast, launch, industry
Image File
Launch of RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, Clydebank, 1967
Sticky
Off
Description

Photograph of crowds cheering the Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 as she goes down the slipway at the Clydebank shipyard of John Brown & Company. To the right of the picture, television cameras on crane broadcast event live to the nation.

Sub-category
DPI
400
Colour
Black and White
Image Credits
Crown Copyright 2007 National Records of Scotland
Image Creator
John Brown and Co (Clydebank) Ltd
Institutional Reference
UCS1/118/736/1383
Cost Centre
800630
Activity Code
BAU609
Price
£18.00
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