Channel Water Skier (1955)

Dover, Kent. Aleks Wozniak, a Polish skier wants to cross the English Channel on snow skis, floating across under his own steam rather than being pulled by a boat. C/U Wozniak having his hands bandaged. Top Shot Aleks putting on his skis and gets into water at Dover Harbour. Aleks is handed his ski-sticks. Aleks pushes himself along in water using his sticks. M/S steamer moves through the Channel. 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 can be viewed on the British Pathé web