Rowing - Henley Finals

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1048A
Date Released
7 Jul 1949
Date submitted
Jul 1949
Date submitted
4 Jul 1949
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Henley Finals. DESCRIPTION: In fine weather, a large crowd saw the finals at Henley, Leander won the Grand Challenger Cup, Denmark won the Double Sculls, while Princeton University won the Thames Cup. SHOTLIST: KS. GV Henley teams rowing. GV fashions on banks. SCU women fashions. Basin over person’s head seated in punt. GV rowing. Leander winning Thames "A". Mrs Churchill - cut-in. Double Sculls being won by Danish couple. Princeton winning Thames Cup. Princeton cox being ‘ducked’, others follow him into water. Mrs Churchill presents prizes, cups etc.
Keywords
Rowing; Water sports
Locations
Henley-on-Thames
Card file number
52214
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Camera
Hilton Craig
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
141
Story extras:
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'Rowing - Henley Finals', British Movietone News Issue No. 1048A, 7 Jul 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15822 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)