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River Ouse Cine8 Footage from the 40s, 50s and 60s
River Ouse Cine8 Footage from the 40s, 50s and 60s

Great Ouse River Life in the 40's 50's and 60's PART 1 of 5
Cine footage of life on the river Great Ouse. Filmed in the 1940's by the Laurie Jones, founder of Jones Boatyard at St.Ives. The footage shows Laurie and his wife Nora rowing on the river, Houghton Mill in Flood and various images around the river during the war years.

Great Ouse River Life in the 40's 50's and 60's PART 2 of 5
Cine footage charting the evolution of motor boats on the river Great Ouse from the first wooden motor cruisers and the first river tests of glassfibre boats, to the opening up of navigation on the river system. Filmed in the 1950's and 60's by the Laurie Jones, founder of Jones Boatyard at St.Ives and Harry Lincoln founder of Lincoln Appleyard at Ely

Great Ouse River Life in the 40's 50's and 60's PART 3 of 5
Cine footage of life on the river Great Ouse. Filmed in the 1950's and 60's by the Laurie Jones, founder of Jones Boatyard at St.Ives and Harry Lincoln of Appleyard Lincoln, Ely. This sequence shows the working life of a river in the 1950's and 60's. Featuring the early drag line dredging of the river, the bargemen transporting goods on the river, the opening of denver sluice and the river workers dealing with the severe frosts of 1963.

Great Ouse River Life in the 40's 50's and 60's PART 4 of 5
Cine footage of life on the river Great Ouse. Filmed in the 1950's by the Laurie Jones, founder of Jones Boatyard at St.Ives and Harry Lincoln of Appleyard Lincoln, Ely. This sequence is a flavour of what it was like to take a boating holiday on the river in the 1950's.

Great Ouse River Life in the 40's 50's and 60's PART 5 of 5
Cine footage of life on the river Great Ouse. Filmed in the 1950's and 1960's by the Laurie Jones, founder of Jones Boatyard at St.Ives and Harry Lincoln of Appleyard Lincoln, Ely. This sequence is montage of images showing the variety of leisure pursuits on the river at that time

Jones boatyard, boat sales and boat chandlers are located in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire on the River Great Ouse, and within an hours drive from Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Peterborough, Greater London, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Northamptonshire. We specialise in river boat sales and inland boat chandlery.

Local river networks served by the marina, boat sales and chandlery include the River Great Ouse, the River Nene and the Middle Level, the Old West River, the River Cam, the River Lark, the Little Ouse, Brandon Creek, the River Whissey.