Mother of two, Mrs. Corson, successfully swims The English Channel.
Parisian baker, George Michel, swims Channel in record time.
Mrs Arthur Hamilton nearly manages to swim the Channel but gives up 3...
A happy Henry Sullivan arrives in Dover after having swum the...
Beatrice Harrison fails to swim the Channel.
Miss Marwell Abrahamson in training...
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Mr. Derham of Southend swims...
The swimmer E.H.Temme receives an enthusiastic welcome from family and...
Plenty of grease and good luck for Mrs. Corson, setting off on a channel...
We see distance swimmer Mrs Arthur Hamilton in the sea and on the shore...
American, Clarabelle Barratt, attempts to swim the Channel.
Memorial to Captain Webb is unveiled on occasion of 50th anniversary...
Item showing people swimming the English Channel.
Debt conversion...
General Sikorski, Polish Prime Minister,...
Mr....
Mrs. Corson becomes instant celebrity having been only second woman to swim...
Channel swimmer, Gertrude Ederle, is welcomed back to New York with ticker...
Story about cross channel swimmers.
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Bernard Freyburg, V.C. just misses swimming Channel by...
Prince Philip opens steel factory in Sheffield.
Material related to newsreel story "Duke Opens...
Material relating to newsreel story "Queen...
Parade for American cross-Channel swimmer Shirley May France.
US Ambassador "Speech of Thanks", Lord Ismay at English...
Launching of new passenger ferry at Ostend, Belgium by Princess...
Lord...
Queen Mary visits Hackney -...
M. Raiberti unveiling memorial to the Dover Patrol Cap...
Greta Anderson wins Channel Swim in record time.
Duke of Edinburgh opens Pegwell Bay hoverport for...
The international poultry show at Olympia in London.
Prince William visits dog show in Canberra, Australia.
General Lauris Norstad and Harold Macmillan speak at Union...
England Vs Australia cricket - the second test at Melbourne - just...
Sir Archibald Sinclair gives speech about RAF successes to...
Queen Elizabeth visits new town of Stevenage.
Prince Philip attends English Speaking Union dinner....
Item shows troops, aeroplanes and ships preparing and crossing Channel for D-Day invasion.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit Dover and Folkestone, Kent.
Library material montage promoting Bleriot Anniversary race.
Prince Philip pays a visit to an exhibition...
Allied troops crossing the river Rhine in Germany.
King Leopold of Belgium arrives in Dover and...
Football International - England beat Scotland 2-1
Material relating to newsreel story 'England V....
Documentary film about...
Documentary about events of...
Collection of stories about the Canberra jet bomber and...