Swimming Championships (1959)

Unissued / unused material. Swimming championships, Italy. Various shots of crowd wearing party hats. CU small girl wearing straw wig. CU Hand firing gun. Various shots of 100 metres freestyle swimming competition taking place, won by Paolo Pucci. Another swimmer in race is Fritz Dennerlein. 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 the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.