Curator Toni Booth delves into our archives to examine early film and television of one of Britain’s most iconic sporting events: the Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race.
Toni is Associate Curator of Film at the National Science and Media Museum.
R.W. Paul’s film of the 1896 Prince’s Derby can be considered one of the earliest examples of newsreel footage. Ahead of this year’s Derby on 2 June, curator Toni Booth takes a closer look.
Toni Booth takes a first look at the impressive archive of the master of the animation loop, Run Wrake.
Toni tells the story of a piece of sporting history that sits in our archive.