Ladies Long Distance Swimming (1921)

Item title reads - Ladies long Distance Swimming Championship - won by 18 year old Miss P. Scott of Cardiff. Kew to Putney. The girls sit on a floating platform on the river and wave at the camera. M/S as they all dive in and swim away, various boats are sailing about. C/U of Miss Scott laughing and talking afterwards. 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.