"Summer Eights" 1932

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Full title reads: "Oxford. 'Summer Eights'. Town & Gown throng banks in brilliant sunshine at Oxford's great annual boating & social festival."

Oxford, Oxfordshire.

Rowing crews power their boats down the river. Crowds watch from the banks.

People run over bridges to follow...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
4998
Sort Number:
32/041
Time in/Out:
01:23:22:00 / 01:24:34:00
Canister:
32/41
Film ID:
675.19
Issue Date:
23/05/1932

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