Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: A Record by Cambridge

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
982A
Date Released
1 Apr 1948
Date submitted
29 Mar 1948
Date Other
Mar 1948
Stories in this 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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'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)