A State Welcome (1928)

Full titles read: “A State Welcome - President Cosgrave and His Excellency The Governor-General receive the three heroes of the ’Bremen’ Flight.“ Dublin, Eire (Republic of Ireland, Southern Ireland). High angle M/S of the three pilots of the Bremen, Captain J Fitzmaurice, Captain Koehl and Baron von Hunefeld, getting out of a car amid a huge crowd of smiling, cheering people. M/Ss of the pilots posing for the camera with President William Thomas Cosgrave and the Governor-General, James McNeill. Intertitle reads: “The ’Bremen’ Fliers are received by His Grace The Archbishop of Dublin.“ M/S of the pilots posing with the Archbishop of Dublin outside a church; another man and a clergyman stand with them. The men shake hands with the bishop; he watches them walk off and takes his hat off to them. Note: alternative spelling - James McNeil. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC