Sweden Celebrates Colony Foundation USA Lner (1938)

Item title reads Vikings. Swedes celebrate colony founding. Wilmington, Delaware. America (USA). (LNER). L, S of liner sailing along towards Delaware. M, S s of Crown Princess Louise and her stepson Crown Prince Bertil of Sweden onboard. M, S as they prepare to leave the ship, he waves to camera. Various shots of a monument in Wilmington commemorating the first Swedish and Finnish colony in America 300 years ago. M, S as the royal party walks ashore. L, S as Prince Bertil makes a speech about the monument. L, S of people watching. M, S of American President Franklin D. Roosevelt making speech thanking him for the contribution the Swedish and Finnish settlers have made. FILM 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