Sports Round-Up: Hammersmith: Central Buses Regatta
Series
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- Cinegazette
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 7
- Section Title
- Sports Round-Up
- Summary
- NoS synopsis: Rowing is seen on the river, where the teams competed over a course from Hammersmith Bridge to West End boathouse. Barnes novices sank whilst racing a Central Buses team, and are seen being rescued by the umpire’s launch. In contrast, the camera focuses on some swans and the commentator jokes about the sinking.
- Keywords
- Sport; Rowing; Road transport
- Written sources
- British Film Institute Databases
Viewing Copy - London Transport Museum Used for synopsis
British Transport Films website
Film User Vol.2 No.26 December 1948, p704.
- Credits:
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- Producer
- Academy Picture Corporation
- Sponsor
- London Transport Executive
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How to cite this record
'Sports Round-Up: Hammersmith: Central Buses Regatta', Cinegazette Issue No. 1, 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/349249 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)