The Boat Race
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Boat Race. DESCRIPTION: Another annual event, The Boat Race, won this year once again by the Cambridge Crew. SHOTLIST: CU Thames & Putney bridge pan to tow path and boating sheds. SV Oxford carrying boat to water’s edge. GV Cambridge ditto. SV crowds watching. SV pan Cambridge rowing away to start. Angle shot people watching from bridge. SV start of race Oxford on left. LV motor boats following. SV both crews rowing neck and neck. GV ditto Cambridge just ahead. CU radio commentator. SV Cambridge about 1 length ahead pan to Oxford. SV motor boats following. GV crews approaching Hammersmith bridge. GV pan down from bridge as Cambridge well in lead shoot bridge. STV Oxford shooting Hammersmith Bridge. SV motor boat with Lord Snowdon & son. CU pan ditto. SV Oxford rowing pan to Cambridge in lead by about 8 lengths. GV both crews approaching finish at Chiswick bridge. GV ditto Cambridge in lead by 9_ lengths. SV crowd on bridge watching. GV zoom into Cambridge winning.
- Keywords
- Sport; Rowing; Students; Education and training; Water sports
- Locations
- Putney; Mortlake
- Card file number
- 98014
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Length of story (in feet)
- 167
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How to cite this record
'The Boat Race', British Movietone News Issue No. 2235A, 6 Apr 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29329 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)