Hassan Abdel Rehim wins 1950 contest to swim the English Channel

Night: swimmer silhouetted against flares as he walks in water / female swimmer swims away / day: boat and rowboat in water / CU woman swims / contest winner Hassan Abdel Rehim gets out of water, crawls onto dock as people and photographers watch; he has won the race to swim across the English Channel / Rehim stands next to his trainer, who pats Rehim's belly; both raise their arms; Rehim still has some grease on his torso; cliffs of Dover stand behind / another male swimmer wades to shore / CU man with remnants of grease on his face and body smiles as he speaks, with goggles on his forehead / from Greatest Headlines of the Century series
Night: swimmer silhouetted against flares as he walks in water / female swimmer swims away / day: boat and rowboat in water / CU woman swims / contest winner Hassan Abdel Rehim gets out of water, crawls onto dock as people and photographers watch; he has won the race to swim across the English Channel / Rehim stands next to his trainer, who pats Rehim's belly; both raise their arms; Rehim still has some grease on his torso; cliffs of Dover stand behind / another male swimmer wades to shore / CU man with remnants of grease on his face and body smiles as he speaks, with goggles on his forehead / from Greatest Headlines of the Century series
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Credit:
Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels
Editorial #:
502227640
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
22 August, 1950
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Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:19:09
Location:
United Kingdom
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG SD 720x576 25p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
ghoc_o-08_03.mov