Spartan Serpentine Swimmers On Sleeve As Spartain Serpentine (1926)

Full title reads: “Spartan Serpentine Swimmers. Prize day with the All-the Year round swimmers - and before 8 o’clock in these wintry mornings too!“ Hyde Park, London. M/S of row of male swimmer standing on a jetty over the Serpentine swimming lake. The poise to dive but then seem to change their mind. On the second attempt, the brace themselves and jump into the icy water. M/S of the men swimming across the lake, another man in a boat rows next to them. C/U of an elderly man in a swimsuit, a crowd around him give three cheers to the hardy swimmer. M/S of a man presents something to one of the other elderly swimmers (dressed in shirt sleeves) and makes a speech. 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 m