minutes, becoming the fifth
woman and the third British
woman ever to successfully
swim the Channel. ‘Miss Ivy
Hawke, 23 year-old London
Girl . . . conquers Channel,’
reported Pathé News, which
filmed the last leg of her
triumph. She can be seen
ploughing through the swell
using a steady front crawl, the
accompanying rowing boat
lurching from side to side. At
times the only part of her
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