Washington Aka Novelty Boat Race Training (1937)

Title reads: “California“. United States of America (USA). Novelty boat race training at American University. Various shots of rowing crews in training on river. Various shots of training invention; two joined together, looks like a catamaran. The coach walks up middle of “shell barge“ (the crew’s name for the contraption) checking each rower’s technique. Note: not sure whether this is in Washington State or Washington D.C. AH 2001. 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 (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984.