Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: South Africans at Lord’s

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

937A

Date Released

22 May 1947

Date submitted

19 May 1947

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Section Title

Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: MCC Versus South Africans. DESCRIPTION: The South African tourists play an MCC team at Lord’s. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS GV clubhouse with grandstand in fore. Group shot of South Africans. MS Norman Yardley and Alan Melville toss up, Yardley wins, Melville picks up coin, hands same to Yardley. D Brookes and TC Dodds of Essex come out to bat. Elevated GV of play. GV of VI Smith bowling & Dodds hitting a boundary. CU Brookes of Northants batting. Cut-ins of crowds, including children climbing over rails onto pitch and going and sitting behind rope barrier. MS L Tuckett bowling. SCU NBF Mann (left hander). MS AMB Rowan bowling. Crowd shot. B Mitchell and DV Dyer come out to bat for South Africa. MS of both batting and running. SCU Dyer batting and being caught by Yardley at fine leg. MS SV GM Fullerton batting and running. SCU Dudley Nourse batting. GV batting. SCU Melville batting and running between wickets.

Keywords

Sport; Cricket

Locations

Lord’s Cricket Ground, London

Card file number

48579

Credits:

Camera: Alec Tozer
Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin
Camera: Martin Gray

Length of story (in feet)

161

Story extras:

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