Back From Antarctic Aka Antartic (1936)

Item title reads - Back from Antarctic. Rousing reception for Ellsworth at Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia. Various shots of the ship “Discovery II“ coming in to dock. People run along to greet it. It is bringing home Lincoln Ellsworth and his pilot Herbert Hollick Kenyon who were rescued from the Antarctic. M/S of Lincoln walking down the gangplank smiling. Archdale Parkhill, Minister for Defence, greets him as he steps off and reads a speech congratulating him on his successful flight across the Antarctic. Lincoln makes a thank you speech and they all give him three cheers. Various shots as he signs autographs and shakes hands with the crowds. 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 ite