Channel Swimmers 1960-1969

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Location Unspecified, English Channel

Long shots of channel swimmers off shore. Medium shot of the same followed by helicopter. Medium shot as male swimmer staggers ashore to be mobbed by waiting crowd. Various shots of two swimmers huddled together.

Data

Cataloguer:
James
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
85625
Sort Number:
UN 3520 B
Time in/Out:
01:32:37:00 / 01:33:12:00
Canister:
UN 3520 B
Film ID:
2986.16
Issue Date:
1960 - 1969

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Newsreels
Categories
Sport & Leisure
WorkSpaces
Folkestone

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