Portuguese Wins Channel Swim

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2451

Date Released

26 Aug 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Football’s Here Again
2. 2Portuguese Wins Channel Swim
3. 3News in Flashes
4. 4News in Flashes
5. 5News in Flashes
6. 6News in Flashes
7. 7Ninety-Five Royalty Go Yachting Together
8. 8EDC French Face Fateful Choice!
9. *Edinburgh Opens Eighth Festival
10. *Murrayfield Stages Highland Games

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 8

Summary

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

Keywords

Sport; Women; Competitions

Locations

Dover; English Channel; Gris Nez

Library number

22633

Length of story (in feet)

110

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Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Notes

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