Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Dress Rehearsal for the Tests

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
911A
Date Released
21 Nov 1946
Date submitted
18 Nov 1946
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Dress Rehearsal for the Tests
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Roosevelt Memorial Plans
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Train Derailed at Tel-Aviv
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Aviation Pointers - Exhibition in Paris
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Aviation Pointers - Constitution Takes the Air in US
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Oxford Rugger Side Impresses
  7. 7Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Woodcock Overwhelms French Opponent
  8. 8Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Trailer: Paper Publicity

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: MCC Versus Australian Xi (Dress Rehearsal). DESCRIPTION: The MCC played an Australian eleven at Melbourne in a dress rehearsal for the forthcoming Ashes series. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: Elevated GV crowds at Melbourne. GV cricket pitch and grounds. Slow motion - McCool bowling. Yardley bowled by McCool. MS Hammond batting. Cut-ins pressmen at their typewriters. CU Grimmett watching match. Bradman comes out to bat. LS Bradman hitting ball to boundary. SCU Bradman hitting singles. Team running off pitch owing to rain. GV stands empty except for one policeman. LS pitch covered up. In beginning of story cut-ins of crowds.
Keywords
Sport; Cricket
Locations
Melbourne
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
47781
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
143
Story extras:
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