Lifeboat “Aries“ Home After Double Atlantic Crossing (1954)

Kingston Railway Bridge. Lifeboat ’Aries’ home after double Atlantic crossing. LS. Boat sailing under Kingston Bridge. MS. People waving MS. Captain Harcourt-Smith and crew landing. CU. Harcourt-Smith. MS. Children looking on. MS. Pan along crew. MS. Crew receiving laurel. LS. Boat going under Kingston Bridge. LS. Crowds on towpath. LS. Boat pulling alongside. LS. Crew landing and being welcomed. LS. Receiving laurels. MS. Harcourt-Smith being interviewed. Interviewer says ’I’ll only ask the one question’, Harcourt-Smith mumbles ’you just ask me what you want’, ’Well Mr Harcourt-Smith, tell us all about the two trips’, ’Well I don’t think there’s an awful lot to tell, we set out to get to New York and back again and so we succeeded in doing spite of having a lot of weather against us...’ (Orig. Neg.) 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.