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  1. The Channel Swimmers

    Date released
    20 Aug 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1159
    NoS ID
    017317
    Story no
    2 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Channel Swimmers. DESCRIPTION: 20 competitors - thirteen men and seven women - entered for this year’s Daily Mail Channel Swim. Hamad of Egypt was the first to arrive, closely...

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  2. Channel Swimming Season Opens

    Date released
    2 Aug 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1156A
    NoS ID
    017285
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Channel Swimming Season Opens. DESCRIPTION: 22-year-old Egyptian student, Abou Heif, has swum the channel in 15 hours 43 minutes. He arrived on the beach at Dover only twelve minutes...

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  3. Records Broken in Channel Race

    Date released
    28 Aug 1950
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1108
    NoS ID
    016626
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Records Broken in Channel Race. DESCRIPTION: At Cap Gris Nez there was great excitement for the start of the Daily Mail Channel Swimming Race. The favourite, Frenchman Roger Le Morvan...

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