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1919 CANADA: 'Centipede' race
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0:39Now PlayingDate: 8th December 1919
Location: CANADA, British Columbia, Victoria.
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
CANADA: British Columbia: Victoria:
TITLE: This is known as a Centipede race. ..Victoria, B.C.: Canadian girls defeat a crew from US
MV 3 women in swimming costumes paddling canoe with their bare hands, camera follows to LS as they reach the jetty, just beating another boat.
SV team (8 men) in canoe. TITLE: Indian war canoe race.
SV 2 teams sitting in canoes, resting paddles before start of race.
SV teams start paddling off.
LS canoes past in race (4 canoes).
LS canoes past.
LS canoes paddled past to finish, 3 spectators sitting on back(back view), smoke of finishing gun and spectators wave their handkerchiefs
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