A race without a loser!

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spectators.

Sports.

Swimming.

Swimming--Competitions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (55 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1927.

Summary:

" A RACE WITHOUT A LOSER! All six competitors win time standard medals in 440 yards salt-water championship at Scarboro'" (9). Crowds of people observing from large pavilion overlooking the outdoor pool (14). A female diver does a back somersault from the diving board into the water; another does a forward roll on the platform and then dives; another jumps in. The adjudicator stands on the diving board. A large hotel (St Nicholas Hotel?) on top of the cliff in the mid-distance. The start of the 440 yds race. Six men dive in from the edge of the pool and race; the race continued from another angle; the swimmers turning at the end of the pool; MLS the winner reaching the end. Two men in their swimming costumes, one of them the winner Jack Hatfield from Middlesbrough, and a coach pose for camera by the side of the pool.

Notes:

Issue number: 834-1 ; Story number within issue: 4 of 6

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.