Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Battle of Wembley

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

747A

Date Released

30 Sep 1943

Date submitted

27 Sep 1943

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Battle of Wembley
2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Remembrance of the Few
3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer: No Smoke Without Fire

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Section Title

Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: England Beats Wales 8-3. DESCRIPTION: England takes on Wales at Wembley in the presence of Mr Attlee. The result was a resounding victory for England by eight goals to three. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Teams come out, led by England. Mr Attlee shakes hands with teams. Elevated shot of teams just before ‘kick-off’. Elevated shot of Kick Off. Cullis and Jones toss. Various shots of play. Also all eleven goals shown in the scoring of same. Last goal being penalty taken by Welsh. Cut-ins of Mr Bevin in stand, and CU of Mr Alexander. Physical Training demonstration at half-time. Sidlow (Wales) makes some fine saves. Finish on scoreboard which shows 8-3. This is a record score for Wembley. Pan of stadium, shows crowd. Teams: England - AW Roxburgh (Goalkeeper), L Scott (Arsenal), GF Hardwick (Middlesbrough). CS Britton (Everton), S Cullis (Wolverhampton), F Soo (Stoke City), S Matthews (Stoke City), HS Carter (Sunderland), D Welsh (Charlton), J Hagan (Sheffield United), D Compton (Arsenal). Wales - C Sidlow (Goalkeeper), W Hughes (Birmingham), R Lambert (Liverpool), D Pearson (Birmingham), I Powell (Queens Park Rangers), G Murphy (Bradford City), R Burgess (Tottenham Hotspur), TG Jones (Everton), A Powell (Leeds), G Lowrie (Coventry), H Cummer (Arsenal).

Keywords

Sport; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Football; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

London; England; Wembley

Card file number

44100

Credits:

Camera

Graham T. Thompson

Camera

J. L. Ramsden

Camera

John W. Cotter

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

197

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