Brothers Cross Atlantic In Yacht (1949)

Full title reads: “The ’Smith’ Touch - Brothers Cross Atlantic In Yacht“. Dartmouth, Devon. CU Smith brothers in stern of yacht. Camera tracks back to MV of men in yacht. SV Smith brothers in stern of yacht. VS of them being greeted by small boats in the harbour and being towed into port. VS of crowds watching. SV Stanley Smith handing letter over to Mayor of Dartmouth. CU Stanley speaking. Stanley speaking. ’Your Worship, the good people of Dartmouth, thank you very much for this astonishing and wonderful reception. My brother and I have had, as we expected, a very rough time of it. (Pan to CU of Colin and back to Stanley). Some days were pretty good and we enjoyed them but other times, well we should have liked to have been anywhere else.’ Voice over says ’When did that happen?’. CU Stanley ’.....when my brother fell overboard.’ ’Where did that happen’? ’That happened about a day off from Ireland. We sighted Ireland the following day and I’d gone to a lot of trouble to cook up a beautiful lunch
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