Holland’s Outdoor Swimming Season Opens (1961)

Loosdrecht, Holland. Documentation on file. GV. Lake near Loosdrecht which is used for outdoor pool LS. Swimmers standing on bank of pool. CU. Starter MS. Pan with swimmers as they start. Track in mid shot with winner Number 8, 17 year old Bontekoe doing crawl. CU. Starter. MS. Pan as mass start of 500 swim away from start. GV. of 500 swimming. CU. No 8. Various shots of race in progress. MS. Crowd of bank. LS. Pan with winner to finish. LS. Pan with runner up to finish. GV. Lake. (Orig. Neg.) 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 Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as