30-Mile Record Swim (1967)

San Francisco. Documentation on file. Various shots of the closing stages of swimmer Ted Erickson’s successful attempt to swim the thirty miles stretch between the Farallon Islands and the Golden Gate Bridge. This is the first time it has been done. M.S. & CU night as Erickson is hauled aboard his pilot boat at the end of his swim. (F.G.) 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 well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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