Henley Regatta Finals (1938)

Henley, Oxfordshire. Various good shots of the Henley Regatta; crowds of people stand on the river banks; others sit in boats and eat picnics. M/S of American Joe Burk winning the Diamond Sculls race. In the Thames Cup the semi-final is between two US crews - Kent School and Yale University; Kent wins and races the London Rowing Club in the final. Kent wins again and the team throws their cox into the water after the race. Note: soundtrack cuts out for a few seconds in the final Thames Cup Race. Old record named this rower as J W Birk. 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 (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-