Tradesmen Ask Olympic Trial (1948)

Full title reads: “TRADESMEN ASK OLYMPIC TRIAL“. Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire Boat crew in training, men rowing. The crew passing the camera and stopping, other boats seen. Men carrying boat out of water. Bert Barry, four times world’s sculling champion, instructing the men (two shots). Arthur Clay at work. Several shots of R. J. Lutz at work. His brother Ernest Lutz working, pan down to machine. Men greasing oars and getting ready for training. The crew pulling away. Workers train to compete with Oxford and Cambridge Universities crews for the chance to represent Britain at the Olympic. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1