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  1. Across the Channel (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Special

    Across the Channel: Channel Swim race. Report on the cross-Channel swimming race, 1981 including talking to competitors before and after. Interviews and speeches: Cindy Nicholas, Kevin McIntosh, Ian Muir,...

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  2. Shirley May - But She Didn’t

    Date released
    12 Sep 1949
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    49/73
    NoS ID
    103091
    Story no
    2 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Shirley May France, 17 year old American girl, fails in her bid to swim the channel.

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  3. Schoolgirl Channel Swimmer

    Date released
    18 Jul 1949
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1050
    NoS ID
    015838
    Story no
    1 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Schoolgirl Channel Swimmer. DESCRIPTION: In New York Harbour, Shirley May France gets in a little practice for her attempt to swim the English Channel. SHOTLIST: KS. CU Shirley May...

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  4. Portuguese Wins Channel Swim

    Date released
    26 Aug 1954
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    54/66
    NoS ID
    105997
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    Exciting finish to marathon swim as Baptista Pereira pips Egyptian Hassen Hammad at the post

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  5. A Gallant Failure

    Date released
    8 Sep 1927
    Series name
    Topical Budget
    Issue no
    837-1
    NoS ID
    131492
    Story no
    2 / 6

    Mrs Mille Corson fails in her attempt to swim the English Channel. Scenes of her in the sea, receiving sustenance from a man in a rowing boat, and her on dry land.

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  6. The Channel Swim

    Date released
    31 Aug 1959
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1578
    NoS ID
    023196
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Channel Swim. DESCRIPTION: On the beach at Cap Nez, greasing-up for the big swim. There was Greta Anderson (twice a winner). Rough seas made the organisation of the start very...

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  7. Channel Beats All

    Date released
    10 Aug 1953
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2342
    NoS ID
    044535
    Story no
    7 / 7
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    Mass Channel swim for £500 prize sees attempts from English and French coasts. All seven competitors fail.

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  8. Channel Swim

    Date released
    28 Aug 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1525A
    NoS ID
    022569
    Story no
    1 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Channel Swim. DESCRIPTION: Some thirty swimmers got ready for the start of the international Cross-Channel race, at Cap Gris Nez. A chilly prospect: to set off, in the dark, from...

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  9. Training for the Channel

    Date released
    27 Aug 1959
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1577A
    NoS ID
    023189
    Story no
    2 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Training for the Channel. DESCRIPTION: Greta Anderson has been limbering up at Margate. Twice already she’s won the cross-Channel swim. Winner of many swimming races, she holds the...

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  10. Henry Sullivan

    Date released
    9 Aug 1923
    Series name
    Daily Sketch Topical Budget
    Issue no
    624-1
    NoS ID
    129127
    Story no
    3 / 3

    The third person to swim the English Channel, Henry Sullivan.

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