Boat Race - Cambridge Win

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1815A
Date Released
19 Mar 1964
Date submitted
14 Mar 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Boat Race - Cambridge Win. DESCRIPTION: We show pictures of the womens boat race between Oxford and Cambridge. The race took place on the river Isis at Oxford, over a half mile course. Cambridge won by one and three quarter lengths. It was the first race of its kind for ten years. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV River Isis. GV spectators. GV Oxford team warm up on shore. CU spectators on shore. GV Cambridge team warm up on shore. GV Oxford carry boat to river. MCU spectators. GV river and boats at starting line. GV race starts. CU spectators on shore. GV Cambridge crew in boat. GV Oxford crew and pan to Cambridge crew. GV spectators on shore. GV Cambridge crew in boat. CU Cambridge cox Ruth Kidd. This was the first ladies boat race of its kind for 10 years.
Keywords
Sport; Rowing; Students; Education and training; Water sports
Locations
Oxford
Card file number
88065
Credits:
Camera
John Abbott
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
83
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Boat Race - Cambridge Win', British Movietone News Issue No. 1815A, 19 Mar 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25476 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)