The Boat Race - Oxford V Cambridge 1939 1939

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Full titles read: "THE BOAT RACE - OXFORD V CAMBRIDGE"

L/S's of people lining up along the river bank. L/S's of the Oxford crew climbing into their boat on the river Thames. L/S of the tiny Oxford cox Massey (nephew of film star Raymond Massey. Several shots of the race in progress, Cambridge...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
14228
Sort Number:
39/027
Time in/Out:
01:34:37:00 / 01:36:44:00
Canister:
39/27
Film ID:
1005.35
Issue Date:
03/04/1939

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  • The race took place on 1 April 1939.

    jamied 16th Jan 2013

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