Easter holiday / Oxford v Cambridge boat race 1951. (1951)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Crowds leaving for Easter Break. Oxford vs Cambridge varsity boat race. Oxford boat sinks. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: The Easter Parade ENGLAND: London: EXT 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: EXT 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