Ok, not strictly Hugh, this is really about his father, W.G.R.M. "Ran" Laurie. But I thought you might be interested :)

I found a new media database to hunt around in. This one has the news archives of ITN/Reuters, including lots of old black & white newsreels as shown in cinemas in the middle of the 20th century. So I went hunting through, and I found what I was after - film of Ran Laurie (in the Boat Race, sadly not in the 1948 Olympics) - so I thought I'd share some stuff.


Definitely a resemblance to his youngest son!

I totally fail at any editing skills so these are the full newsreels; file sizes range approximately 35-45MB. The timings in brackets (mins:secs) indicate where the relevant items appear in the newsreels (you might find the other news items interesting, some of the commentary is rather idiosyncratic). All are owned by ITN/Reuters and are here strictly for educational purposes.

14 March 1935 Cambridge Boat Race Crew Train At Mortlake (3:36-4:42)

8 April 1935 Cambridge Win The 1935 Boat Race By Four Lengths (4:05-6:27)

25 July 1935 Cambridge Boat Race Crew On The Danube (0:57-1:37)

2 April 1936 Oxford & Cambridge Practice On The Thames (2:10-2:08)

My newspaper clippings of the same races can still be found here. Hope you enjoy :)

https://bitsofhugh.livejournal.com/261734.html