Entrants draw numbers for the 1951 Daily Mail cross-channel swim (1947)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Twenty swimmers get ready to start the annual Daily Mail cross-channel swim, including 54-year-old Ned Barnie, the oldest swimmer to have crossed the channel at the time Full Description: ENGLAND: EXT swim, swimming, English Channel, pilot boats, oldest swimmer, athletes Background: Twenty swimmers get ready to start the annual Daily Mail cross-channel swim, including 54-year-old Ned Barnie, the oldest swimmer to have crossed the channel at the time FILM ID: VLVA546D3RFG4362XBXVHBOVYNMH8 To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé