Taff Swim at Roath Park
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Taff Swim. DESCRIPTION: Over 10,000 gathered in Roath Park, Cardiff to watch the mile and half Taff swim. SHOTLIST: KS. GV park. Crowds on shores of lake, several. Women enter water for start of swim. Start of race Miss Daymond doing the backstroke. Cut-in crowds watching. Men walking along shore to start. Start of race. Men & women swimming together. Finish of women won by Miss Daymond. Men’s finish by TP Holt, the winner. The above with Lord Mayor holding their cups. Cut-in of small child being hauled out of the water into boat. Small girl crying after having been kicked in the stomach.
- Local distribution only
- For Cardiff only.
- Keywords
- Sport
- Locations
- Cardiff; Roath Park
- Card file number
- 54147
- Credits:
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- Camera
- George Richardson
- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 107
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