American Corvette built in Canada: Shots of sign: "USS Danville - take her away USA - good luck from the men of Canadian Vickers"

Held by

NFB Archives (National Film Board of Canada) via NFB Archives — stock shots

Dates

1942 (indexed as 1942)

Level

item (source: Stock shot)

Extent

2 min 9 s, 35mm fine grain b&w

Scope & content

American Corvette built in Canada: Shots of sign: "USS Danville - take her away USA - good luck from the men of Canadian Vickers". Bow of ship can be seen dimly in background. HAS over navy band, over cheering workmen. Various shots of welcoming signs. The launching party arrives on the platform. Present are J Edouard Labelle, president of Canadian Vickers, Mr and Mrs Pierpont Moffat, US Ambassador to Canada and other US and Canadian naval officers. Shots of ship being launched by Mrs Moffat, of ship sliding backwards out of shed. Side view of ship hitting water, floating free. Français : Une corvette américaine construite au Canada: Plans d'une enseigne: "USS Danville - take her away USA - good luck from the men of Canadian Vickers". On aperçoit vaguement la proue du navire à l'arrière-plan. P EN PL d'un orchestre de la marine, des ouvriers poussant des vivats. Divers plans des enseignes de bienvenue. Les personnalités participant à la cérémonie de lancement arrivent sur la plateforme. Il y a J Edouard Labelle, président de "Canadian Vickers", M. et Mme Pierpont Moffat, l'ambassadeur des Etats-Unis au Canada et d'autres officiers de marine américains et canadiens. Plans du lancement du navire par Mme Moffat, du navire sortant du hangar en glissant à reculons. Vue latérale du navire entrant dans l'eau et flottant librement.

Places

Montreal

Location

• Montréal, QC · city · confidence 90% · city:geonames · found as “Montreal”

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Access & use

Collection: National Film Board Low-resolution preview from the NFB Archives; the footage is licensed through the NFB.

Harvested

2026-10-17T06:33:23Z · source datestamp n/a · nfb

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