Summary

Footage Information

Sherman Grinberg
Pathe
1579
SR003804_03_01.mov
12/29/1930
Fred Newton finishes swimming marathon at New Orleans in 1930
Title card: "Swims 1826 miles down Mississippi, New Orleans, LA - Fred Newton finishes longest grind after breasting river 800 hours" / Two rowboats escorting Newton as he swims on the Mississippi River; a crowd with young boys; Newton climbs from the river and poses, wearing a heavy coat of dark grease / he stands in a suit with a curtain behind him
Fred Newton
United States
Louisiana
New Orleans

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archival
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swimmers
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Mississippi River
endurance
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