Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Light Blues’ Easy Boat Race Win

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
930A
Date Released
3 Apr 1947
Date submitted
1 Apr 1947
Date submitted
31 Mar 1947
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Bruneval Landings Commemoration
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: New Viceroy’s Arrival
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Light Blues’ Easy Boat Race Win
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: FA Cup Semi Finals

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cambridge Win By 10 Length (Boat Race). DESCRIPTION: Cambridge win the University Boat Race by ten lengths. SHOTLIST: KS CU programme. Several shots of crowds along towpath, raining. Venders selling light and dark blue favours. Shots of peoples’ feet walking along muddy towpath. Shot from towpath neat Hammersmith, GV of river. Girl piper playing bagpipes. Elevated GV Oxford winning the toss, crowds round two captains. Oxford and Cambridge carry boats out to water, paddling to stake-boat. GV start of race. Out of camera shot. SV Cambridge with slight lead. Elevated shot as Cambridge approach Hammersmith Bridge, with two lengths lead. Out of camera shooting Hammersmith Bridge. GV Cambridge leading and approaching the Stork Training Ship seen in background. GV SV of two boats going up. LS Cambridge with good lead passing Chiswick, out of camera shooting Barnes Bridge. Approach winning post. Cambridge lead by ten lengths. Cambridge look quite fresh, Oxford slumped. Cut-ins of crowds on the banks.
Keywords
Sport; Rowing; Water sports
Locations
Putney; Mortlake
Footage sources
Gaumont
Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer
Pathe
Universal
Card file number
48390
Credits:
Camera
Hilton Craig
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Montague G. Benson
Length of story (in feet)
222
Story extras:
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