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Drama of Channel Swim.

British Newsreels, 1911-1930: Culture and Society on Film Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
British Film Institute, owner.
Topical Film Co., production company.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sports.
Sports--Competitions.
Swimming.
Swimming--Competitions.
Women.
Wounds and injuries.
Ederle, Gertrude, 1906-2003.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (1 minute, 45 seconds)) : silent, black and white.
Place of Publication:
[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1925.
Summary:
Would-be channel swimmers Miss Harrison, Madame Sion and Gertrude Ederle (who eventually swam the Channel in 1926) (105ft).
Notes:
Issue number: 729-1 ; Story number within issue: 4 of 5
Series: Topical Budget.
This film includes footage which some people may find disturbing.
With intertitles.

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