Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Swimming - Endurance swim in California

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
430A
Date Released
2 Sep 1937
Date submitted
31 Aug 1937
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Big Fight
  2. 2Reports: The Navy at Alexandria
  3. 3Reports: Battersea Bridge hits the news
  4. 4Reports: Red Indian "Queen"
  5. 5Reports: Platinum Wedding celebrated in Normandy
  6. 6Reports: Cowgirls go off the deep end
  7. 7Zoo News
  8. 8Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Tennis - Britain loses Wightman Cup again
  9. 9Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Swimming - Endurance swim in California
  10. 10Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Motor cycling - Grass track racing at West Wickham
  11. 11Express

Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 11
Section Title
Sports: Reported by Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Swimming. SHOTLIST: Elevated shots of 55 swimmers entering the surf in contest. Close shot of the swimming of three people. First man home flops on the sand. Seen with cup. Woman being carried off beach.
Keywords
Sport; Environment; Competitions
Locations
La Jolla
Footage sources
New York
Card file number
5647
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Length of story (in feet)
33
Story extras:
Film clip

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