Show Esther Has Chalked Up Enough Film Miles To Circle The Globe I With the exception of a few million fish and the United States Navy It can safely be said that Esther Williams has bas spent more time on and under water than any floating object since Noahs Noah's Ark Statistics show that the actress has enough nautical miles mUes to her credit to toi I girdle the globe I I During the course of her aquatic career career career car- car I eer on and off aU the screen Ms M-G-M's mermaid mermaid mermaid mer- mer maid has traversed rivers spanned lakes crossed channels and lapped more swim swim-g swim swim- ming pool widths and lengths of all sizes sizes' I and shapes than she can recount In her newest Technicolor musical Easy To Love lAve In hi which she stars co-stars with Van Johnson and Tony Martin on the Egyptian screen Thursday and Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- Fri Fri- day Esther backstrokes strokes breast styles free and treads water In a foot loo-foot I long area built in the shape of the state of ot Florida and named after the actress Miss Williams Williams' estimated total water mileage Is miles mUes Before making her screen debut she had put nau- nau j I I I miles mUes to her credit These miles were recorded during pleasure swims workouts and participation In races during her competitive career For one I I I sequence IIi Iri Easy To Love she traveled almost half hal this water distance without I I even getting her bathing suit wet I I On location for the picture In Cypress i Gardens Florida the star sailed across the waters of Lake Eloise on two six six- foot water skis For 32 days live five hours SIX SIX-I a day she was towed ov over r the two-and- two half a mile area with the aid of a horsepower boat traveling a speed of 35 35 knots an hour I This time however Miss Williams was not alone In her w water ter trave travels s She was accompanied by other skiers ers Singly I they over six foot 12 high ramps Together they formed pyramids In V- V formation they raced through foot 60 high water geysers for the routine e a |