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Otto Seal Doublecrosses the Channel

Date released

13 Oct 1949

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

49/82

NoS ID

103133

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

The silliest stunt of the year. A Californian seal is towed across the Channel. Why? For publicity of course!

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Portuguese Wins Channel Swim

Date released

26 Aug 1954

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2451

NoS ID

045193

Story no

2 / 8

Baptista Pereira, champion of Portugal, beats fourteen others in race across Channel. Brenda Fisher came third.

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Ferry-freighter collision in Channel (1979)

Genre

Interview

Bob Holness interviews a male eyewitness (not identified) after a Belgian ferry collided with a German freighter in the English Channel.

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Channel swim record success (1977)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Cindy Nicholas after swimming the English Channel both ways and knocking 10 hours 5 mins off the previous record.

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Atlantique Burns in Mid Channel

Date released

5 Jan 1933

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

187A

NoS ID

003996

Story no

2 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Atlantique Burns in Mid Channel. DESCRIPTION: 42,000 ton French luxury liner, abandoned by crew nears English coast in toils of fire. SHOTLIST: Aerial view of burning ship on the water,...

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Cross Channel Swimming Race

Date released

26 Aug 1957

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2829

NoS ID

158080

Story no

1 / 7

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The News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: The German Fleet

Date released

24 Apr 1939

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

516

NoS ID

009917

Story no

6 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: German Fleet in the English Channel. DESCRIPTION: The "Graf Spee" leads the German Fleet up the English Channel. SHOTLIST: General aerial views of the German Fleet steaming up the...

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Channel Tunnel Group and Venturers propose English Channel crossing (1981)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on proposals for the Channel Tunnel. Includes interviews with London Central Europe MP, Sir David Nicholson, who is leading the European Channel Tunnel Group, and Ian MacGregor of British Steel, who...

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Gazette Special - Shells Across the Channel

Date released

26 Aug 1940

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

40/69

NoS ID

098202

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Allied merchant ships steaming through the Channel are shelled from German guns on the French coast. Destroyer escorts steam amongst the merchant ships laying a smoke screen.

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WHO’S NEXT?

Date released

12 Jul 1928

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1806

NoS ID

387160

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Starting from Penarth, E. H. Temme, the English Channel swimmer, conquers the Bristol Channel in 6 hours.

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