Robin Knox-Johnston and the Golden Globe Win

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Established in 1992, the South West Film & Television Archive collection spans from 1893 to the present day containing more than 250,000 items. Formed from a variety of depositors, including broadcast news and programmes material from the Westward and TSW archive. In 2018 the archive collection transferred to The Box in Plymouth.

Robin Knox-Johnston and the Golden Globe Win


Merchant Navy Officer and yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnston arrives in Falmouth after a ten-and-a-half-month non-stop solo circumnavigation of the globe in a William Atkins design Bermudan ketch named Suhaili. Elated Robin is overwhelmed by the welcome and the win; he was one of nine sailors to sign up to the first ever Sunday Times Golden Globe race in 1968 and this is the moment he goes down in history for setting the standard for solo round the world yacht racing of the future.


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