Broiling Sun Drives City Folk to Water

Series

Series Name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

132A

Date Released

8 Aug 1932

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Broiling Sun Drives City Folk to Water
2. 2Gangsters’ Weapons Dumped into the Sea
3. 3Olympic Games Open at Los Angeles

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bathers in Thames at Cookham. DESCRIPTION: Frizzled Londoners seek escape from heat wave in limpid depths of River Thames at Cookham. SHOTLIST: Elevated shot of bathers in costumes roaming about. Various shot of people diving off board. Children under bridge splashing about. Children and people wading about with rubber floats etc. in water. Group of bathers eating ices. Groups of people lying about on river side.

Keywords

Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Weather; Swimming; Fashion and costume; Water sports

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1947

Length of story (in feet)

122

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