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