Woman’s Marathon Swim Aka Women’s Marathon Swim (1928)

Item title reads - Women’s Marathon Swim. Ethel Hertle of New York defeats Gertrude Ederle and fifty three other mermaids in 10 mile swim for 10,000 dollar prize. Toronto, Canada. Various shots of the ladies being covered in grease to make them go faster. L/S as the ladies dive in and start to swim. M/S as they swim along. C/U of one swimmer (Ethel Hertle ?) L/S pan across people watching. M/S as Ethel climbs out of the water. C/U of her face, she laughs. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to