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

Mute cuts (rushes, outtakes) 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