Vindication Swim Movie Trailer HD - VINDICATION SWIM is coming exclusively to UK Cinemas this International Women's Day, Friday 8th March
"Beautifully shot and very moving" The Lady
Based on the inspirational true story of Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel. VINDICATION SWIM depicts Mercedes’ upstream struggle in overcoming both the cold waters of the English Channel and the oppressive society of 1920s England. However, after a rival comes forward claiming to have accomplished the same feat, Mercedes is forced into battle to retain her record and her legacy.
"Beautifully shot and very moving" The Lady
Based on the inspirational true story of Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel. VINDICATION SWIM depicts Mercedes’ upstream struggle in overcoming both the cold waters of the English Channel and the oppressive society of 1920s England. However, after a rival comes forward claiming to have accomplished the same feat, Mercedes is forced into battle to retain her record and her legacy.
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Short filmTranscript
00:00 [MUSIC]
00:02 We are not turning back!
00:04 She'll never make it!
00:05 She has to try!
00:07 [MUSIC]
00:12 Ever since I was a girl, I've had a longing for the water.
00:16 To swim, for me, is like nothing else in the world.
00:21 [MUSIC]
00:23 My name is Mercedes Gleitz.
00:25 I'm a swimmer, and I'm told you might train me.
00:28 Cold, extreme fatigue, it's best if the strongest of men.
00:34 Well, thank God I'm a woman.
00:37 I understand the water, its movements, its rhythm, and sometimes I fancy it understands me too.
00:44 What if I don't make it?
00:46 I'll wager you can arrive at a thousand reasons why you won't.
00:51 All you have to do is hang on to the one that says you can.
00:55 [MUSIC]
01:06 Miss Gleitz will go down in history as the first British woman to ever swim the English Channel.
01:11 [MUSIC]
01:13 Mrs. Edith Gade splashed onto the sand following the shock completion of an English Channel swim.
01:18 This evening's honorable guests, please put their hands together in vigorous applause for Mrs. Edith Gade.
01:25 I can assure you, that woman's not to be trusted.
01:29 In this country, Miss Gleitz, an unmarried woman at your age raises suspicion.
01:34 Isn't it best you step aside now and avoid further humiliation?
01:39 I did swim the Channel.
01:40 I know you did, but they'll never believe you.
01:44 [MUSIC]
01:47 Show them what you know to be true, that you can swim the English Channel, come on, girl.
01:54 [MUSIC]
02:04 Are you sure you want to carry on with all this? There's no shame in quitting.
02:08 No, I'm not quitting. I've got to make it. I've got to.
02:13 [MUSIC]