27 Worlds Best Swimmers Aka 27 World’s Best Swimmers (1926)

Kew to Putney, River Thames, London. Title reads: “27 of world’s best swimmers compete for English long distance swimming championship. Won by P. Radmilovic (Weston-Super-Mare).“ L/S of a row of male swimmers sitting on the edge of a barge on a river. L/S of the swimmers diving into the water. L/S of swimmers swimming past a stream cruiser. Point of view shot from a moving boat passing the swimmers. M/S of one swimmer - Radmilovic? . shot from boat following same swimmer. C/U of Radmilovic at the end of the race. He stands in the boat wiping water from his face, several other men stand behind him, one holds a number 8 sign. 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