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The Swimmer! 1932
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"Forty-six minutes is a good swim for most people, but here's a lady who broke the woman's record in South Africa, with one of forty six hours - Mercedes Gleitz."
M/Ss of Ms Gleitz swimming in a pool. She swims over to the edge of the pool to sign an autograph. Overhead shot of her swimming...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Jenny
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 16991
- Sort Number:
- EP 237
- Time in/Out:
- 01:20:28:00 / 01:22:31:00
- Canister:
- EP 237
- Film ID:
- 960.09
- Issue Date:
- 05/05/1932
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- Mercedes Gleitze Temporary workspace: 28.8.2009 17:26 Mercedes Gleitze delargy - 20's Delargy - Mercedes order
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Despite the title-card, this lady's name is Mercedes Gleitze.
She was a prolific record-breaking swimmer in the 1920s and 30s. Some of her many feats can be found here - click on the image of Mercedes to find an autographed photo that confirms the spelling of the surname.....
http://dailynews.openwaterswim
ming.com/2011/01/what-swimm
er-what-woman-mercedes.html
Mercedes Gleitze can be seen in several other Pathe lips too.