“Majestic With Her Swelling Sails“ (1932)

Full title reads: “On The Thames. ’Majestic with her swelling sails’. Running before the breeze - sailing barges compete in annual River Race. On the River Thames. Thames riverboats with their sails unfurled sail along a wide part of the River. Some shots show single barges, some show several. The barges are of the type once used to carry cargo regularly on the River. One of them sails past a large buoy which may have been some kind of finishing post in the race. 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 t