Doggetts Race On The Thames (1921)

Item title reads - First rowed in 1715! Thames watermen compete for Doggett’s coat and badge. London. An elderly man in naval uniform and triangular hat speaks through a megaphone then walks off. M/S of rowers in their boats on the river. M/S as the man with the megaphone sails past on a boat and shouts, the race begins. 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 (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.