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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

6610

Title

THE MANCUNIAN SWIM SQUAD 1972 (REEL ONE)

Producer

Eric Oldham

Date

1972

Gauge

spr8mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

26 mins 57 secs

Description

Scenes from a season in the life of the Mancunian Swim Squad from 1972, as they attend training sessions under their coaches Mrs L Pantling and Eric Harrison at New Islington Pool. Members of past squads are shown in photographs and present members are seen arriving at the pool with their parents. The squad go to the Northern Counties Festival of Swimming at Derby Baths in Blackpool, where they compete in races, before returning to their regular practice routines back at New Islington. Concludes with views of a swimming gala.

 

 



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