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1921 SPORT / FRANCE: Swimming race across Paris
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0:41Now PlayingDate: 27th July 1921
Location: Paris, the Seine
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
FRANCE, Paris, River Seine:
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Long Shot Swimmers dive into river from bank
GV small rowing boats, each with a number and a flag, on river
Top Shot swimmer doing crawl through river
Tracking Shot along to bridge crowded with spectators.
GV Notre Dame cathedral
GV tracking shot past lines of spectators sitting watching the race.
Top Shot swimmer doing crawl through river with rowing boat beside
Competitors swimming underneath bridge watched by men is rowing boats
LS swimmer climbing up ladder to bank at other side of bridge
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