News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Movietone News Presents: The 1939 Boat Race

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
513
Date Released
3 Apr 1939
Date submitted
1 Apr 1939
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 9
Section Title
News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: University Boat Race, 1939. DESCRIPTION: Victory goes to Cambridge in this year’s Inter-varsity Boat Race. SHOTLIST: Oxford and Cambridge, bring out their boats and Hart Massey, the diminutive Oxford cox takes his seat. The crews race from Putney to Mortlake, and Oxford are stroked by Bingham. Cambridge by Sanford. The race is won by the Cambridge crew with a margin of four lengths. Crowds of people on tow path.
Keywords
Sport; Rowing; Students; Education and training; Water sports
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
36015
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
159
Story extras:

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'News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Movietone News Presents: The 1939 Boat Race', British Movietone News Issue No. 513, 3 Apr 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9854 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)