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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1396A

Date Released

8 Mar 1956

Date submitted

5 Mar 1956

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Cup Ties - Arsenal V Birmingham
• 2. The Cup Ties - Manchester City V Everton
• 3. The Cup Ties - Newcastle V Sunderland
• 4. Cyprus Plane on Fire
• 5. Glubb Pasha Comes Home
• 6. Hospital Drama
• 7. Tuning Up on the Tideway
• 8. The Ideal Home
• *Hair Modes for Men
• *Cyprus School Bombed

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tuning Up on Tideway. DESCRIPTION: With only a few weeks to go before the boat race, the crews have started final practise on the tideway. Cambridge last year’s winners are among the heaviest crews on record. SHOTLIST: Oxford and Cambridge having a final practice on the Tideway before the famous boat race. Cambridge down steps. LS rowing. Oxford down steps. LS under bridge, cox with megaphone. SCU various shots of both teams.

Keywords

Rowing; Water sports

Locations

London; Putney; Hammersmith

Card file number

66185

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Camera

Terry O’Brien

Length of story (in feet)

56

Story extras:

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