Reel Number: 250094-02
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1944
Country: USA
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TC Begins: 18:04:40
TC Ends: 18:08:45
Duration: 00:04:05
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WWII - 1944, USA Liberty Ships: Christening of Rubin Dario by wife of Amb. Sacasa. 22Jun44 MS Civilians & Navy officers mill around by ship cribbing. MS, CU Sponsoring party on platform w/ Ambassador Sacasa & wife by ship. 18:05:32 MS Mrs. Sacasa in front of ship; workers & spectators watching. Sacasa at microphone. Wife christens ship, ship descends ways. GOOD. 18:07:43 High angle from another camera position. GOOD. WW2; Ship Launchings; NOTE: SS Rubin Dario was damaged by torpedo in North Atlantic 27Jan45. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa was Nicaraguan ambassador to USA from 1943 until 1979 when Somoza was ousted; known as “world’s most decorated ambassador”.