The Cunard Line's Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) luxury liner picked up over three hundred passengers at Cobh, Country Cork, in a stop-over to commemorate the first Atlantic crossing by the Sirius in 1838.

Report shows passengers queuing to board the ferry that will convey them out to the QE2 liner.

The ferry departing from Cobh.

Interviews with QE2 passengers.

Armada of small boats in Cobh Harbour to welcome the QE2.

Interview with Pat Keenan, General Manager, Cork Harbour Board.

QE2 Liner.

To camera Tom MacSweeney.

Passengers boarding the QE2.

Interview with Captain Robin Woodall on the warm reception they received in Cork.

The reporter is Tom MacSweeney.

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