Media item

European championships rowing on the Amstel

Week number 21-05

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Type:
video
Length:
06:27
Publication date:
12 September 1921
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER210-HRE0001B071

Rowing races with different types of boats: skiffs, 2 with coxswain, 4 with coxswain, 8 with coxswain. On the banks lots of decorated pleasure crafts. Start and finish at the Amsterdam Rowing Club next to the Amstel Hotel. The jury follows in motorboats. On the banks lots of people following the bikes on foot, by bike, with carriages or by car. Mounted police directs the crowd. Various shots taken from the bridge of the boats. Start 2 with coxswain, followed by jury in motorboat 41". Start and various sailingshots skiffs 37". Accompanying crowd on the banks 33". Start 4 with coxswain and competition footage 29". Competition footage 2 with coxswain 28". Competition footage 8 with coxswain 48".