SPORTS / ROWING - The 83rd Varsity Boat Race (1931)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Video Roll Title: The 83rd Varsity Boat Race Cambridge wins the annual university boat race with Oxford, shots of the teams racing up the Thames river. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: The 83rd ’Varsity Boat Race: Putney to Mortlake (4 1/2 miles) ENGLAND: London: The Thames: Crowds assembling on the side of the Thames INTERTITLE: The start The two teams set off rowing down the Thames INTERTITLE: Hammersmith Bridge (1 3/4 miles) and Cambridge leading The two rowing teams pass underneath Hammersmith bridge / Observers watching from mast and rigging of tall ship INTERTITLE: Dark blues losing position Boats along Thames INTERTITLE: The final spurt ... nearing Mortlake... Boats along INTERTITLE: ...and Cambridge wins again! Team having finished, resting in boat / Cheering onlookers in naval outfits Background: Video Roll Tit