Henley Regatta

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1414
Date Released
9 Jul 1956
Date submitted
7 Jul 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Royal
  2. 2Henley Regatta
  3. 3The Open Golf Championship
  4. 4Wimbledon Finals
  5. *The Royal Tour

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Henley Regatta. DESCRIPTION: Competitors from all over the world took part in the famous rowing events. SHOTLIST: LS of the rowing. MCU lady looking through binoculars. Lady wearing polka dot dress and twirling a matching umbrella. Shot of girl wearing hat and sunglasses. Man wearing multi-coloured bowler hat with a flag on top. Fat man wearing cap. CU Jack Beresford. Shot of the ‘Poplar and Blackwall’ crew lifting their boat out of the water. Start of the final of the Grand. The French Army rowed against the Three Towns crew of Sweden. Various shots of the race which was won by the French Army. Shots of Kocerka of Poland rowing in the Diamond Sculls. He beats Fox of the London Rowing Club. MLS Fox shaking hands with Kocerka. Shot of the start of the Thames Cup. Royal Air Force crew race against Princetown University. Various shots of the race which was won by Princetown University. Shot of one of the crew being thrown into the river closely followed by the rest of the crew jumping into the water.
Keywords
Sport; Rowing; Water sports
Locations
Henley-on-Thames
Card file number
67546
Credits:
Commentator
David Lewis Jacobs
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
Ken Taylor
Camera
Robert Turner
Length of story (in feet)
126
Story extras:

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