A close view of a man making a speech on the platform before the launch of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company liquified gas carrier Gazana (1972) from the Cammell Laird building slip at Birkenhead.

A close left side view of a man making a speech on the platform before the launch of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company liquified gas carrier Gazana (1972) from the Cammell Laird building slip at Birkenhead. He is either a representative of the ship's owners or the shipbuilders. A number of cameramen are in the background. Transparencies numbers P63771CT to P63774CT were taken on the same occasion.