Topical Budget: Women’s Thames Swim, Kew to Putney (1921)
ProRes digital file Black & White Mute 1921 0:48
Summary: Braving a mucky looking Thames, London’s finest women swimmers line up for a long-distance race between Kew and Putney.
Title number: 19929
LSA ID: LSA/26372
Description: Several dozen women take part in this race between Kew and Putney, waving at the camera before diving into the Thames – and it’s not the cleanest looking river, it has to be said. The race was won by Miss Phyllis Scott, an 18-year-old, who is cheered by crowds while looking absolutely shattered.
Selected by London's Screen Archives on behalf of the BFI National Archive.
Cast: Miss Phyllis Scott
Keywords: Swimming; River Thames; women
Locations: UK; England; London; River Thames; Kew; Putney
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