Sail gives way to steam on the Thames, 1935
This rare colour footage from the British Film Institute archive shows life on the River Thames in the 1930s. Its quite magical to drift along… Read More »Sail gives way to steam on the Thames, 1935
Inland Waterways of the UK
Posts relating to the Inland Waterways and Rivers of the UK and Ireland
Sailing on the Broads, 1933
This Pathé Archive brings us a glimpse back to 1933 with footage of three young women sailing on the Norfolk Broads. The full title reads… Read More »Sailing on the Broads, 1933
Thames Sailing Barge ‘Pretoria’, 1964
This Pathé archive film tells the story of Thames Sailing Barge ‘Pretoria’ which became a restaurant on the Thames in the ‘swinging sixties’. It starts… Read More »Thames Sailing Barge ‘Pretoria’, 1964
‘White sails on Windermere’, 1934
‘White sails enhance the beauties of Windermere’ is in the title sequence for this archive film of the annual regatta on Lake Windermere, 1934, published… Read More »‘White sails on Windermere’, 1934
OGA50 boat: ‘Snoopy’
Kees Kooman, skipper of 18 foot ‘Snoopy’, brings a lively account with fascinating statistics of his counter-clockwise circumnavigation of Britain in 2013, taking just under… Read More »OGA50 boat: ‘Snoopy’
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