The 80th varsity Boat Race (1928)

Full titles read: “The 80th ’Varsity Boat Race - won “all the way“ by Light Blues who led from start to finish.“ Putney to Mortlake, London. L/S at the start of the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race showing the two rowing teams on the River Thames as they move off, followed by two small boats and two rowing boats. Several shots of the race; the Cambridge team is in front all the way; crowds of people line the river banks. Slow-motion L/S shows the Cambridge team crossing the finishing point; Oxford are also seen in slow-motion, drifting by in ’resting’ position. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1