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Clark Gable and Irenne Dunne launch Liberty ship named after actress Carole Lombard, who lost her life in a plane crash while on bond tour

MS Crowd mounting stands / PAN Down to crowd on stand / CU Captain Clark Gable, U. S. Army Air Corps, at microphone; he wears military uniform; he waves his hat to VO applause and walks away / crowd watching launch of the USS Carole Lombard / CU actress Irene Dunne, who sponsored and christened ship, practices with bottle; Mrs. Walter (Madalynne) Lang, who was secretary to Carole Lombard, Gable, and movie producer Louis B. Mayer, in bg / rear shot Dunne hits ship with bottle; ship starts down slipway / CU Gable, Dunne, and Mayer looking up / LS ship going down slipway / CU ship reaches water / CU Gable, Dunne, and Mayer / CU name "Carole Lombard" on the ship / high angle shot Dunne, holding a bouquet, walks with others
MS Crowd mounting stands / PAN Down to crowd on stand / CU Captain Clark Gable, U. S. Army Air Corps, at microphone; he wears military uniform; he waves his hat to VO applause and walks away / crowd watching launch of the USS Carole Lombard / CU actress Irene Dunne, who sponsored and christened ship, practices with bottle; Mrs. Walter (Madalynne) Lang, who was secretary to Carole Lombard, Gable, and movie producer Louis B. Mayer, in bg / rear shot Dunne hits ship with bottle; ship starts down slipway / CU Gable, Dunne, and Mayer looking up / LS ship going down slipway / CU ship reaches water / CU Gable, Dunne, and Mayer / CU name "Carole Lombard" on the ship / high angle shot Dunne, holding a bouquet, walks with others
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DETAILS

Credit:
Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels
Editorial #:
1720735495
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 15, 1944
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:00:50:05
Location:
San Pedro, California, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr005712_05_01