Margate Boat - ’royal Sovereign’ (1919)

Margate boat - ’Royal Sovereign’. London. Boats and ships. Commercial passenger boat on River Thames in London; on way to (or from) beach at Margate. Like a ferry but going down river instead of across. Title frame: ’Royal Sovereign’ resumes sailing’s; a sure sign that we are returning to pre-war conditions. Shot of long flat boat w/ many passengers — holiday-makers on deck; moving away on river;many other boats also on river. Tower Bridge in bg. Closer shot of boat swinging round alongside pier and moving past on rt. Recreation. World war one; aftermath. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British P