Swimming Marathon (1959)

Unissued / unused material. Italian newsreel item. Swimming Marathon between Corsica and Sardinia. Various shots contestants and crowd. Starter dropping the flag. LS of contestants diving into sea from boat. Various shots swimmers in the water and boats following. LS, taken over crowds on beach, of approaching boats. CU winner emerging from sea. CU crowd welcoming winner. Crowd filing away from beach. 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 t