World Record For River Swim - Budapest, Hungary (1967)

Budapest, Hungary. Documentation on file. Various shots of distance swimmer Imre Szenasi limbering up then greasing up before his record swim. Various shots as we follow the swimmers progress up the river from Bratislava where he starts at midnight to a crowded river bank in Budapest in 41 hours and 150 miles later to set up a new world record for river swimming. (Comb. F.G.) 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.