Training for the Channel

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1577A
Date Released
27 Aug 1959
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Training for the Channel. DESCRIPTION: Greta Anderson has been limbering up at Margate. Twice already she’s won the cross-Channel swim. Winner of many swimming races, she holds the Women’s cross-Channel record of ten hours, fifty-nine minutes. SHOTLIST: MS Greta Anderson training. MS swimming bath. MS to CU. Greta Anderson dives in pool. Under water shot. Greta Anderson swimming. MS Greta Anderson eating meal. MS Greta Anderson dives in sea. CU Greta Anderson swimming (2).
Keywords
Environment; Competitions
Locations
England; Margate
Card file number
77973
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
60
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Training for the Channel', British Movietone News Issue No. 1577A, 27 Aug 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23189 (Accessed 23 Jun 2025)