World Rowing Championships

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2414

Date Released

7 Sep 1975

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1World Rowing Championships
2. 2Inland Waterways National Festival
3. 3Clipper Regatta

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World Rowing Championships. DESCRIPTION: The East European Teams seemed to have the monopoly on the medals at the World Rowing Championships held at Holme Pierrepont. Britain’s one medal, a bronze, was won in ‘The Double Sculls’. SHOTLIST: SV British team lowering boat onto water. CU ditto British paddles. SV team in the boat on water. FV New Zealand team carrying boat. LV boats being prepared. SV man polishing boat with hand held electric polisher. SV men smoothing bottom of boat. BV Irish team in boat on water. GV start of Coxed Fours - push off, pan. SV man with binoculars. GV race in progress USSR pulling ahead. SV USSR in lead pan back to followers. GV USSR crossing line to win (GB 4th). LV result board showing USSR first. SV pan Double Sculls in progress. GV ditto Norway team move up on the East German team and pip them at post (GB 3rd). SV applauding crowd. SV British team receiving bronze medals for coming third. SV pan as PM Kolbe of West Germany wins the Single Sculls, 2nd S Drea of Ireland. GV result on board. SV West German man Kolbe receiving medal. SV crowd applauding. SV Irish man Drea in boat receiving medal. SV pan Coxless Fours in progress - East Germany in lead. LV Great Britain team following. SV British team pan rowing over line 4th. GV results 1st East Germany - 4th Great Britain. BV East German team receiving medals. GV pan Eights race in progress. GV ditto, East Germans pulling away and winning. SV applauding crowd. SV captain of East German team being tossed into river by team mates zoom into him getting up, arms raised.

Keywords

Sport; Ceremonies

Locations

Nottingham; Holme Pierrepont

Card file number

75/304

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Reginald William Smith

Length of story (in feet)

263

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