Original film footage taken by Lucius H Biglow and used with permission of John Biglow (Yale University and USA) Video from Henley Royal Regatta 1979 Grand Challenge Cup, of the first semi-final from the launch and the final from The…

This was recorded from BBC coverage. Last 1,000m of race. Commentators were Gerald Sinstadt (who normally covered football, but had done quite a lot of rowing by now) and Gary Herbert Someone at the BBC needs to learn how to…