• Short Summary

    The Oxford crew train for the boat race, with individual shots of each.

  • Description

    Item title reads: "Now in strict training. Exclusive Pathe Gazette portraits of the Dark Blues..."

    Oxford, Oxfordshire

    M/S of the Oxford rowing eight on the water - a dog is seen at the side, and two boats pass in different directions. There are then individual shots of the crew, including N.E. Whiting, P. Johnson, T.W.Shaw, J. Thomson, W. Rathbone, H.T.Kingsbury, E.C.T. Edwards, W.S. Llewellyn, and Sir James Herbert Croft, as cox.

    Note: great close ups of faces.

  • Tags

  • Data

    Film ID:
    670.35
    Media URN:
    32970
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    23/02/1927
    Sound:
    sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:43:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:48:24:00 / 01:50:07:00
    Canister:
    G 1375

Comments (2)

  1. Unknown user says

    "Sir J Croft" is Sir James Herbert Croft, 11th Baronet of Croft Castle.

    x
    Report comment
    Report comment

  2. Unknown user says

    Thanks!

    x
    Report comment
    Report comment

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.
All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment