Rowing Race Family Aka Rowing Family (1960)

C/Us and M/S of Tom Phelps helping a boy into a skiff and watching him row away up a river. M/Ss of Harry and Edwin Phelps looking at a boat being carried in front of them; commentator tells us that Tom won the famous Doggett’s Coat and Badge Race in 1922, Harry in 1920 and Edwin in 1958 and “today he’s a leader in the field of boat building too“. M/S and C/U in a boatyard as we see Bill Phelps, chief boatman to the University of London working on a boat. M/S as we look at the Doggett’s Coat and Badge Race on the River Thames, where former winners turn out in full regalia - the red 18th century-style coats and gold badges they received as prizes. We see Jack Phelps who won the race in 1928 (there’s loads of them!) in his coat and badge; various shots as we see the men standing on a launch with Tower Bridge in the background, waiting for the race to start (it is between London Bridge and Chelsea). The men also wear red knickerbockers and white stockings; other launches are seen waiting for the race; we