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

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

940A

Date Released

12 Jun 1947

Date submitted

9 Jun 1947

Date submitted

10 Jun 1947

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Section Title

Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: First Test Match. DESCRIPTION: The First Test between England and South Africa was held at Trent Bridge. The South Africans batted first and both Melville and Nourse reached a century. SHOTLIST: KS GV Nottingham ground with crowds. Crowd shot. Norman Yardley and Alan Melville walk out onto ground, toss up, Yardley picks up coin, South African win toss. GV of play. CU Melville batting and running. Crowd shot. CU Nourse batting. Melville hitting his hundred and acknowledging cheers from crowd. Crowd shot. Nourse hitting his hundred and acknowledging, both running between wickets. Crowd shot. CU Hollies bowling out of camera. Nourse out and walks off pitch. CU SV Martin bowling, Melville walks off out. CU Hollies bowls to Dawson pan with ball, Godfrey Evans stumps Dawson. MS Tuckett bowled LBW by Hollies. CU Martin bowling, Evans tries to stump Lindsay but fails. CU three slips, backs to camera and walk towards wicket clapping. Elevated GV South Africans walking off and end of batting. Crowd shots. Into camera Cyril Washbrook and Len Hutton going out to bat. GV of pitch and play. CU Bill Edrich batting. Crowds and CU Denis Compton batting. MS crowd and SCU of one old man yawning his head off to finish.

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Keywords

Sport; Cricket

Locations

Nottingham; Trent Bridge

Card file number

48665

Credits:

Camera: Kenneth Higgins
Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin
Camera: Martin Gray

Length of story (in feet)

210

Story extras:

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