These nearly 3000 items from the BBC Archive have been made freely available for personal, educational, and research use, licensed under the terms of the RemArc licence.
The material is searchable, can be browsed by ‘Theme’ or ‘Decade’, and filtered by media type.
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15 results found
Voice Of Britain
The Oxford and Cambridge boat race. 1936
4 MB
1930s, sport, video
Boat Race
Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge, 1949
105 KB
1940s, sport, images
Boat Race
Cameraman filming the annual Oxford V Cambridge Boat Race, 1950
63 KB
1950s, events, images
Reporters
BBC reporters gathered to report on the annual Oxford v Cambridge boat race, 1950
68 KB
1950s, people, images
Boat Race
A May Week boat race at Cambridge in 1950, between Oxford & Cambridge Unions, with both crews in formal dress. Only 2 experienced oarsmen were allowed in each crew - hence the erratic rowing. The race was a dead heat.
11 MB
1950s, leisure, video
Boatrace
Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race, 1951
65 KB
1950s, events, images
Boat Race
Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race, 1952
60 KB
1950s, people, images
Boatrace
BBC reporters gathered to report on the annual Oxford v Cambridge boat race, 1956
64 KB
1950s, people, images
Boat Race
A big crowd saw Oxford win the boat race in 1959. Cambridge won the toss and, with a fresh south-west breeze, chose the Surrey side.
6 MB
1950s, sport, video
Boat Race
Cameraman filming the annual Oxford V Cambridge Boat Race, 1962
79 KB
1960s, events, images
Boat Race
Rowers compete in the annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge
99 KB
1970s, sport, images
Boat Race
Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge being filmed by the BBC, 1972
80 KB
1970s, sport, images
