Youngsters Learn to Swim | movie | 1973 | Official Clip - video Dailymotion

Featuring Rolf Harris as the voice of common sense, he advocates the benefits of teaching young children to swim because | dG1fb09yX0ltYzdBN3M

Transcript

00:00Those of you who can't swim yet, they need to just wade over in the shallow for me.

00:07Kids and water, they love it. Rivers, canals, even the lily pond in the garden.

00:11You can't keep them away from it.

00:13Water has a fascination for children.

00:15And I should know, when I was three years old I fell in the river at our place,

00:18couldn't swim, somehow managed to scrabble my way to the bank,

00:21frightened the wits out of my mum and dad.

00:23And you can bet they had me taught to swim very soon after that.

00:27But some children aren't quite so lucky.

00:29And if they can't swim and they go off by themselves to play by the side of some water somewhere,

00:34you know only too well what might happen.

00:37That's why I had my little girl taught to swim as soon as possible.

00:40So have your children taught to swim.

00:42They're never too young to start and once they get that confidence in the water, they love it.

00:47Ask at your local swimming pool, alright?

00:50Or if you can swim yourself, why not teach them yourself?

00:53It's fun. See you.

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