Downstream

victory’. On 16 September he
tried again, covered in 10
pounds of grease, and this
time he made it despite being
so dazed and exhausted that
just 15 yards from land he
rolled on his back and lost
direction. Then finally his
feet touched bottom: ‘I shot
up my arms and proclaimed
to the World that I had
conquered.’
Pathé News was there to
see Derham arrive, filming