Thames Challenge Cup Race: Final Heat (1899)

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

United Kingdom

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How it feels

This is a silent short from 1899. It shows the final heat of a rowing race on the Thames river in England.

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What happens

Thames Challenge Cup Race: Final Heat è un cortometraggio muto del 1899. Il nome del regista non viene riportato nei credit del film ma vi appare quello del produttore Cecil M. Hepworth come direttore della fotografia. La Thames Challenge Cup è una gara di canottaggio che si svolge ogni anno nel corso della Henley Royal Regatta sul Tamigi, a Henley-on-Thames (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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