- Title: UK: DAMON HILL PRESENTS HIS RACING HELMET TO LONDON ROWING CLUB
- Date: 1st June 1994
- Summary: LONDON, UK (JUNE 1, 1994) 1. EXTERIOR LONDON ROWING CLUB, NEW BOAT IN FRONT 2. DAMON HILL POURING CHAMPAGNE OVER PROW OF BOAT "GRAHAM HILL" 3. ROWING PARTNERS LOOK ON AS DAMON HILL DRINKS CHAMPAGNE WITH CHAIRMAN OF ROWING CLUB, WEARING HAT IN COLOURS OF THE CLUB (DARK BLUE WITH WHITE STRIPE) 4. DAMON HILL ROWING ON RIVER IN A FOUR 5. GRAHAM HILL'S NAME (N.G.HILL) AS STROKE ON OAR IN CLUBHOUSE 6. DAMON HILL HOLDING SON, JOSHUA, WALKING PAST PHOTOGRAPHS OF ROWING TEAMS, POINTS TO GRAHAM HILL'S CRASH HELMET 7. CLOSE UP OF GRAHAM HILL'S HELMET 8. DAMON HILL HOLDING HIS OWN HELMET, SYAING HE CARRIES STRIPES OF CLUB IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER, WHO WORE COLOURS IN RECOGNITION OF THE LONDON ROWING CLUB (ENGLISH) 9. BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF GRAHAM HILL RACING 10. DAMON HILL LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHS IN CLUBHOUSE RIGHTSHOLDERS: REUTERS TELEVISION Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: LONDON, UK
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- Country: United Kingdom
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- Story Text: Spanish Grand Prix winner Damon Hill of the UK paid tribute to his father, twice world Formula One champion Graham, in London on Wednesday (June 1).
Graham won 14 Grands Prix in a 17 year career and his black helmet with white stripes became famous around the world. He died in a plane crash in 1975 and when Damon began his Formula One career in 1992 he decided to wear the same helmet design which was based on the colours of the London Rowing Club.
Graham had competed for the club before his motor racing career took off and on Wednesday his son visited their headquarters at Putney on the River Thames.
He named a boat after his father and presented the club with the helmet he wore when winning in Barcelona on Sunday (May 29) for the Williams team.
Damon also had a chance to try his hand at rowing in one of the club's coxless fours boats.
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