Boy Stowaway Gets an Earful from his Mother | British Pathé

11 year old boy Eugene Hart gets some sharp words from his mother when he is finally reunited with her. In 1954, he managed to sneak aboard a ship and travel to England from New York for just 15 cents. In another interview, the boy was asked why he ran away, he replied “Grandmother threw a knife at me“. 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 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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