Cambridge Win the Boat Race

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1087
Date Released
3 Apr 1950
Date submitted
1 Apr 1950
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1New Jet Fighter for the Navy
  2. 2Flight from Czechoslovakia
  3. 3Shorter Tresses
  4. 4Sportsman of the Year
  5. 5Cambridge Win the Boat Race
  6. *Mr Potter’s Aid to the Limbless
  7. *James Wickham Joins Irish Fishing Fleet
  8. *Princess Margaret in Lancashire

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cambridge Win the Boat Race. DESCRIPTION: It was a close race in the early stages but by Barnes Bridge Cambridge had pulled away and went on to win by 3 1/2 lengths. SHOTLIST: KS. Cambridge rowing hard. Crowds on towpath. Children being bought favorite colours. SCU ditto. Oxford president tosses coin & wins toss. Cut-ins types Old Blues on towpath. At the start. The off from Putney Bridge. Various shots of them rowing taken from towpath & from bridges. Cut-ins crowds watching. Shooting Hammersmith Bridge. Various shots of rowing. Cambridge gaining the lead. Shooting Barnes Bridge. SCU of Cambridge rowing hard & Oxford rowing harder. Cambridge win by 3 1/2 lengths. Turning boat over to empty water out after finish. Crew of Cambridge on towpath.
Researcher Comments
Cameraman Sheridan is listed here as having the initial ‘M’.
Keywords
Sport; Rowing; Students; Education and training; Water sports
Locations
Putney; Mortlake
Card file number
53494
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Camera
Eddie Smales
Camera
G. Sheridan
Camera
George Richardson
Camera
Hilton Craig
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Montague G. Benson
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Paul Wyand
Camera
William G. Carrington
Length of story (in feet)
180
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