The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone.
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Michael Redgrave Valerie Hobson Griffith Jones Hartley Power Margaretta Scott Bessie Love Milton Rosmer Frederick Leister Henry Oscar Edmund Willard Charles Victor Frank Tickle Leslie Bradley Felix Aylmer Joss Ambler Ian McLean Joe Cunningham John Salew Hélène Burls Arthur Goullet James Harcourt Roddy Hughes Harry Lane Jean Lester Aubrey Mallalieu Princess Margaret Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Ian Wilson
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