Dog Swimmer Aka Alsatian Life Saver (1939)

Location unknown. Various shots of an Alsatian (German Shepherd) dog demonstrating its ’life saving’ skills. A man throws a doll into water and it stays on surface. The dog dives into water and fetches it. Dog holding a doll after coming on shore. Close up shot of a dog. (Mute & Track Negs.) Cataloguer’s note: This item presents the Alsatian as trained life saver while all we see is the ’fetch’ game with a doll instead of stick. 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