The East Anglian Film Archive, the first and largest Regional Film Archive in England, was established in 1976. Since 1984, EAFA has been owned and operated by the University of East Anglia, Norwich (UEA), to support research and work to preserve our moving image heritage. More than 250 hours are freely available online as examples of the wide range of film which attracts interest the world over.
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Lady Yacht Club Regatta 1952
It's all hands to the decks as members of the Herbert Woods boat builders' exclusive club get a chance to handle the 'Lady Yachts' they have so beautifully crafted.
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Overview
Founded in the 1920s, Potter Heigham based Herbert Woods has become one of the biggest fleet hire firms on the Broads. One of the most wonderful fleets produced at Potter were the 'Lady Yachts' - a number of sailing yachts with Lady in their name. Woods was keen that his yard staff had an insight into the art of sailing and 1945 saw the foundation of the exclusive 'Lady' Yacht Club. Staff and invited "friends" still meet to compete to this day in honour of Herbert Woods.
This film records 2 of the annual Lady Yacht Regattas held in October 1952 and '53 at Thurne. The elegance and speed of the vessels can be clearly seen as well as the concentration on the sailors' faces as they compete against their colleagues - dressed in their Sunday best!
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