A bumping we will go!

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aquatic sports.

Rowing.

Sports.

England--Cambridge.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (56 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1924.

Summary:

"A Bumping We Will Go! Lent Races begin at Cambridge." (3). High angle LS many rowing teams competing in bump formation in a river (The Cam?). The teams move towards the camera. On screen L, pedestrians, cyclists and a man on horseback follow the race along the bank (19). LS the rowing teams negotiating a bend in the river. The camera pans R to follow the teams, revealing the lead team negotiating the next bend in the distance. Spectators line the bank on one side of the river (53). High angle LS rowing teams moving R along river. The camera pans R to follow (72ft).

Notes:

Issue number: 651-2 ; Story number within issue: 2 of 5

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.