Polar Bear Swimmer Ch. 1 Vol. 11 #6
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Newsreel footage of a man swimming in Lake Michigan at 12th Street Beach in Chicago during wintertime.
Credits
Frank Koza (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1958
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: Telenews title card reads "Chicago." Brief footage of a woman posing in a swim suit indoors, followed by a graphic transition. A muscular man in swim bottoms and goggles wades into a partially-frozen Lake Michigan, eventually submerging his body into the chilly water and performing a butterfly stroke. Upon leaving the water, the man rolls in the snow and smiles. Footage of gentle waves crashing against ice formations on the shore. A man in shorts and a t-shirt holds a microphone and runs in place on the beach. He gingerly dips a toe into the water and grimaces. The Adler Planetarium can be seen in the background, indicating that they are at 12th Street Beach.
Distributed by: Telenews (Firm)
Subjects: Swimming; Snow; Lake Michigan
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/13585
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: Telenews title card reads "Chicago." Brief footage of a woman posing in a swim suit indoors, followed by a graphic transition. A muscular man in swim bottoms and goggles wades into a partially-frozen Lake Michigan, eventually submerging his body into the chilly water and performing a butterfly stroke. Upon leaving the water, the man rolls in the snow and smiles. Footage of gentle waves crashing against ice formations on the shore. A man in shorts and a t-shirt holds a microphone and runs in place on the beach. He gingerly dips a toe into the water and grimaces. The Adler Planetarium can be seen in the background, indicating that they are at 12th Street Beach.
Distributed by: Telenews (Firm)
Subjects: Swimming; Snow; Lake Michigan
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/13585
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:19