Henley Royal Regatta - Fashions and Racing Shocks

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1048
Date Released
4 Jul 1949
Date submitted
30 Jun 1949
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Funeral of Greek Patriot
  2. 2South Africa - Fight for Citizenship
  3. 3France Trains More Croupiers
  4. 4Cripps Defends British Gold at Oeec Conference
  5. 5Australia’s Sorghum Harvest
  6. 61/2 Million Dollars Oil Fire in USA
  7. 7The Language of Fans
  8. 8Henley Royal Regatta - Fashions and Racing Shocks
  9. *Midlands’ Royal Tour

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Henley Opens. DESCRIPTION: In glorious weather Henley Regatta Week opens, fashions are prominent, and many colleges competed in the competitions. SHOTLIST: KS. Elevated GV crowds on Thames at Henley. Various shots (opticals) of crowds watching, races, rowing etc. Various fashions (ladies), Also head gear worn by men. Tabor Academy lose to Jesus ‘B’ crew in the Thames Cup. Start of race & finish. Princeton take their oars & same winning against Reading University. GV of Henley - several shots.
Keywords
Rowing; Fashion and costume; Water sports
Locations
Henley-on-Thames
Card file number
52202
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
120
Story extras:
Film clip

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