Serpentine swim on Xmas Day

Title

Serpentine swim on Xmas Day

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

28 Dec 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:01:59

Description

Alison Hodgkins reports on the traditional Christmas Morning Handicap swimming race in London’s Hyde Park. A crowd of well-wishers gathered on the banks of the Serpentine to cheer the Christmas day bathers on. Includes noise of race; interviews with Secretary of the Serpentine Swimming Club, Alan Titmuss; race winner, Gordon Charles.

Contributors

Alison Hodgkins; Alan Titmuss; Gordon Charles

Keywords

London; Contests; Swimming; Christmas; Hyde Park; Lakes; Serpentine; Ornamental lakes and ponds

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