Medical check of Carpio and other swimmers at Folkestone pool 1951

The Daily Mail Race 1951 Festival of Britain Year

A medical examination for the swim is being made by a Doctor on one of the race competitors he is Daniel Carpio of Peru.

Other competitors from the left are Jan-Van-Hemsbergan of Holland, Raphaul Morand of France, Louis Bombard of France, Antonio Abertondo-Argentina, and Roger le Morvan of France.

Black and White photograph.The Sam Rockett Collection