Christmas Morning Race (1920-1921)

Item title reads - Christmas Morning Races - Highgate “Life buoys“ swim for “Osborne Trophy“ at am. Hampstead, London. M/S of the men lined up on the side dressed in one piece bathing suits. They dive in one by one, a man in a boat watches and others stand around. M/S as they swim to a line and back again. C/U of the winner with the trophy, he pretends to drink out of it and laughs. M/S as swimmers walk to the side and line up again. M/S of them in the water again, M/S as they are helped out by others. Three men, including the winner, line up together and shake hands. 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 Bullet