Intervarsity Boat Race & Cuts (1926)

River Cam, Cambridgeshire. Title: “INTER-VARSITY BOAT RACE PREPARATIONS. Cambridge Crew in the making ... A & B Crews out for the first time this season“. M/S of the crew carrying their rowing eight out of the boat house. M/S of the crew in their boat by the edge of the river, an older man standing on the bank uses a pole to push the boat out into the centre of the water, the crew row down stream. M/S of another crew lowering their boat into the water. M/S of man with the pole pushing the second boat into the centre of the river, the crew row away from the camera. Various shots of the crews rowing down the river, a group of men on bicycles follow boats from the tow path. After a few seconds of spacing, story resumes at 01:07:57, looks like cuts / out takes. More shots of the boats and oars being carried out of the boathouse and lowered onto the river. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINAT