100th. Boat Race 1954

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Putney & Mortlake.

LV & SV crews at stake boat. GV crowds along riverside. LV crews at stake boat. SV people on launches including Mr Clement Attlee. SV pan, start of race, pan away. CU crews racing, zoom out to back view as they race away with Oxford, nearest cameras, slightly in the lead....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
29310
Sort Number:
54/026
Time in/Out:
01:00:16:00 / 01:02:52:00
Canister:
54/26
Film ID:
150.01
Issue Date:
08/04/1954

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