Swallows and Amazons (1974 film) been made available on video, both in VHS and DVD, in the UK, but is not readily available in the US and elsewhere. Swallows and Amazons (1974 film) Swallows and Amazons is a 1974 British film adaption of the 1930 novel of the same name by Arthur Ransome. The film, which was directed by Claude Whatham and produced by Richard Pilbrow, starred Virginia McKenna and Ronald Fraser, and a young Zanna Hamilton. Its budget was provided by Nat Cohen of EMI Films who had funded the successful 1970 film "The Railway Children". During the school holidays, the Walker children (John,
Amazons (DC Comics) Amazons (DC Comics) The Amazons of DC Comics are a race of warrior women who exist as part of Greek mythology. They live on Paradise Island (also known as Themyscira), an isolated location in the middle of the ocean where they are hidden from Man's World (rest of the world). Depending on the origin story, they are the children of Hippolyta or were created from clay by a coterie of Olympian goddesses over three thousand years ago to serve as their messengers to the world in the name of peace and justice. For centuries the women thrived in safety and