Brays Heatwave Regatta Aka Brays Heat Wave Regatta (1926)

Exact location unknown, somewhere on the River Thames. Title reads: Bray s Heat Wave Regatta. Competitors in novel events positively enjoy involuntary immersions Various shots of an unusual tug of war involving two punts tied together. The crews on each punt row in opposite directions, trying to tip the opposition into the river. M, S of an obstacle race on canoes. Men scramble over a log lying across the river landing in their canoes which have been allowed to drift under. Various shots of game which involves teams in canoes chasing a large rubber ball about the river. People watch the shenanigans from the gardens of the Hotel de Paris. FILM 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