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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Second Test

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
894A
Date Released
25 Jul 1946
Date submitted
22 Jul 1946
Date submitted
23 Jul 1946
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Thailand Tragedy
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Lancasters over America
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Second Test
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: First Twelve for Australia
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Wooderson’s Record
  6. *Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Royal Visit to North Wales

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 2nd Test Match - Drawn Match. DESCRIPTION: Rain prevented the start of play at Manchester in the Second Test between England and India. England batting first were all out for 294 but India fared no better their first innings total being 170. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS crowds wait in rain. Various crowd shots waiting for rain to stop. LS covers over wickets. Wally Hammond (lounge suit) & Nawab of Pataudi go out to inspect wickets. Toss up - India wins and puts England in to bat. LS elevated of England batting. GV of play in progress. 24 lens - Len Hutton batting and scoring, Washbrook ditto. Denis Compton ditto. Hammond batting. Scoreboard 294 for 10, all out. Cut-ins of GV crowd shots 24 lens - Pollard bowling, Mushtaq Ali’s wicket hit. GV Pollard clean bowls Mankad. Modi plays ball from Alec Bedser & is caught by Ikin. Armanath clean bowled by Bedser. Indians all out, last two batsmen and England’s fielders walk off pitch.
Keywords
Sport; Cricket
Locations
Old Trafford, Manchester
Card file number
47234
Credits:
Camera
J. L. Ramsden
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Martin Gray
Length of story (in feet)
147
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