Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: A Record by Cambridge
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cambridge Win Boat Race. DESCRIPTION: Cambridge win the University Boat Race in the record time of 17 minutes 50 seconds. SHOTLIST: Various shots of crowds on towpath. University flags fly over boathouse. Oxford crew into boat. Oxford cox climbs in. Crowds. Cambridge cox climbs into boat. Pulls away from shore. Crowds on towpath. SLS of the start. Boats out of camera. Cambridge catch ‘a crab’. SV Cambridge not rowing - Cambridge start again. Old Blues on launch following race. Cambridge boat out of camera (taken from launch). Out of camera both boats approaching Harrods Repository. Boats approaching and shooting Hammersmith Bridge, boats towards camera. SV Cambridge rowing hard. Oxford rowing hard. Launches following boats. Out of camera shot as boats appear to bump. Boats out of camera with sun playing on water. Shooting Barnes Bridge. Elevated panning shot of Cambridge gaining on Oxford and passing winners post. Cambridge paddle towards boathouse, seen in background to finish.
- Keywords
- Rowing; Water sports
- Locations
- Putney; Mortlake
- Footage sources
- Gaumont British News Rota
- Card file number
- 50024
- Credits:
-
- Camera
- Alec Tozer
- Camera
- David W. Samuelson
- Camera
- G. Peace
- Camera
- Hilton Craig
- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Camera
- Martin Gray
- Camera
- Montague G. Benson
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Camera
- Paul Wyand
- Length of story (in feet)
- 299
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: A Record by Cambridge', British Movietone News Issue No. 982A, 1 Apr 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15030 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)