Easter holiday / Oxford v Cambridge boat race 1951. (1951)
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Crowds leaving for Easter Break. Oxford vs Cambridge varsity boat race. Oxford boat sinks.
Full Description:
SLATE INFORMATION: The Easter Parade
ENGLAND: London:
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Shots of holidaymakers at main line station, leaving for Easter break, people in bus and boarding plane / view of River Thames from plane window
London: River Thames:
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Presidents toss coin for choosing side and Oxford president wins toss.
American Cox, George Carver, in boat
Crews set off, Oxford taking in water
Crowd watching
AIR VIEWS / AERIALS of race as Oxford boat sinks
Oxford crew arriving ashore in launch and go into boat house
Cambridge crew rowing into shore amongst swans on river
Cambridge boat filled with water
Tug sign ’No Race’
flooding tide
Litter on towpath left by crowds
KEYWORDS: Rowing
Background: Crowds leaving for Easter Break. Ox