PA-8665130 - from our story 'Swimming The English Channel In The 20th Century'

Fred Baldasare, 38, a Florida film producer, gets an enthusiastic hug from his German fiance, Friederike Von Bernhard of Munich July 11,1962 at Sandwich, England. He had emerged from the water after an undewater swim of the English channel , completing the 22-mile swim from Calais, France, in 13 hours and one minute. He swam in a boat-towed cage, 15-foot below the surface, wearing a frogman outfit and breathing from an oxgen bottle. (AP Photo) Ref #: PA.8665130 Date: 11/07/1962

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