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Channel Crossing is a 1933 British crime film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring Matheson Lang, Constance Cummings, Anthony Bushell and Nigel Bruce. [1] [2] It was shot partly on location and at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. [3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Junge.
First woman and youngest swimmer (at the time) to swim the channel both ways non-stop, breaking Jon Erikson's record of 30 hours and setting a new world record. Her one way crossing in 1975 set the record of 9 hours and 46 minutes (a record that stood until 1988). [75] She holds the record for the most two-way crossings with a total of five. [76]
Six 13 to 15-year-olds from Watford Swimming Club are to take on the 21-mile crossing. Teenagers eyeing glory as they take on English Channel crossing relay Skip to main content
The Channel Tunnel now provides an alternative route, crossing beneath the strait at an average depth of 45 m (148 ft) below the seabed. The town of Dover gives its name to one of the sea areas of the British Shipping Forecast .
The Channel Swimming Association (CSA) was founded to authenticate and ratify swimmers' claims to have swum the Channel and to verify crossing times. The CSA was dissolved in 1999 and was succeeded by two separate organisations: CSA Ltd (CSA) and the Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation (CSPF), both observe and authenticate cross-Channel ...
First crossing with an electric driven aircraft with onboard energy Gerard Thevenot Gerard Thevenot crossed the channel with his HYNOV, an electric driven trike aircraft with hydrogen as source of energy [19] 28 May 2010 First crossing by helium balloon cluster Jonathan Trappe (US) The Channel Cluster Challock, Kent, England Les Moëres, France
Brojen meeting Queen Elizabeth after his channel crossing (1961) Since boyhood Brojen practised swimming in Buriganga River.After his own initiative, the East Pakistan Sports Federation introduced an annual swimming competition in Dhaka in 1953. [1]
Latham was born in Paris into a wealthy Protestant family. His French mother's family were the bankers, Mallet Frères et Cie, and his father, Lionel Latham, was the son of Charles Latham, an English merchant adventurer and trader of indigo and other commodities, who had settled in Le Havre in 1829. [2]