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For His Sick Mothers Sake 1927
Description
Item title reads: " For his sick mother's sake. 17 year old Canadian boy swims dangerous San Pedro Channel in 15 and 3/4 hours and wins fame and £5,000! He was the only one of 102 starters to finish."
Catalina Island, California, United States of America (USA).
M/S on a palm tree...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Margaret
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 26591
- Sort Number:
- G 1369
- Time in/Out:
- 01:30:51:00 / 01:32:43:00
- Canister:
- G 1369
- Film ID:
- 668.21
- Issue Date:
- 03/02/1927
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The swim featured here took place on 15-16 January 1927.
"The winner is wrapped in blankets" - his name is George Young. A short article about him can be read here....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo
rge_Young_(swimmer)