English Channel Conqueror (1937)

Full title reads: “DOVER“. Dover, Kent. Several shots of a man swimming in sea surrounded by several small boats. Man is Nottingham engineer Tom Blower. He swam across the English Channel with constant speed of twenty four strokes per minute. Another man is seen in the water. He is a friend acting as a pace maker over the last hundred yards. Two men swimming. Tom and friend at shore, crowds applauding and cheering. 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