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- BFI identifier450431
- Date1913 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
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- SynopsisNEWSFILM. Long distance swimming competition in Ipswich. Main title. LS of about 12 men and women in bathing costumes and swimming caps, posed in rows for the camera (24). LS line of swimmers in river, swimming front crawl. Another LS, the swimmers further apart, preceded by two boats. Pan. HAS several rowing boats on the river with swimmers between them (146). Series of shots of swimmers and rowing boats. Sign on riverbank `FREDERICK FISH & SON'. Onlookers on small jetty watch as the winning swimmer climbs up onto the jetty, and shakes hands with a man on the jetty (184). LS of swimmers reaching the finish - a rope strung across the river. The first woman climbs up onto the jetty and smiles. Another woman climbs up and smiles at the camera (220ft). (Shotlist)
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Title
Ipswich Long Distance Swimming Championship for the Bulstrode Cup. Winner Mr. F. Pickering (Original)
Category
Non FictionThis work is available from BFI Archive Sales
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Series Work - 784010
United Kingdom - Film - Non Fiction
- +Ipswich Long Distance Swimming Championship for the Bulstrode Cup. Winner Mr. F. Pickering
Work - 450431 - 1913 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Non Fiction
- +Ipswich Long Distance Swimming Championship for the Bulstrode Cup. Winner Mr. F. Pickering
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