San Francisco Bay Swim (1965)

San Francisco, California, United States of America (USA). Close up shot of Isaac Papke putting on bathing cap and goggles at start of his attempt to swim San Francisco Bay. Various shots of Isaac Papke swimming, with him is accompanying craft. MS. At night, small crowd gathers to greet Isaac after his swim which completed all but two and a half of the twenty nine mile stretch. This is the best ever attempt to swim San Francisco Bay. (F.G.) Date found in the old record - 03/11/1965. 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 Vi
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