Beachy Head To Hastings (1945)

Full title reads: “BEACHY HEAD TO HASTINGS“. Beachy Head & Hastings, East Sussex. Channel swimmer George Booker entering the sea and starts swimming in preparation for his Channel swim. Several good close up shots of the swimmer at sea. He is using the crawl stroke and there is a boat following him. Some shots are filmed in slow motion. Booker drinking rum and milk whilst swimming. More shots of George Booker swimming. Crowd at the beach cheers as he arrives to Hastings. Mr Booker drying himself with a towel with crowd around him. (Comb. Print) 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