Out-Takes / Cuts From Cp 249 - 2 Of 2 - Channel Swim (1959)

Mute cuts (rushes, out-takes) for a story that is currently missing (CHANNEL SWIM, CP 249). According to the paperwork this story is about the ’Butlin’s Cross Channel Swimming Race’: 33 men and 5 women compete for cash prizes and the Butlin Challenge Trophy. The swimmers train at the Queen’s Hotel, Margate. The race starts at Cape Griz Nez, France and finishes at Dover, Kent. Very brief C/U of a man in a white swimming cap standing next to a swimming pool - possibly at the Queen’s Hotel - signing an autograph for two young men. Low angle shot of the glass roof of the indoor pool covered with hanging vines and a fake parrot, tilt down to swimmers doing lengths. Brief M/S of a man in trunks doing a handstand at the pool side. M/S of the man signing his autograph. M/S of the pool as a swimmer reaches the side, a crowd of spectators stand at one end. Various shots of spectators watching from deck chairs. Various shots of swimmers in the pool. M/S of a man swimming with a float. Underwater shot of th