Learning on ScreenMovietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Trent Bridge Test
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- 3 / 3
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: First Test Match - England V Australia. 1st & 2nd Days Play. DESCRIPTION: The first Test between England and Australia got underway at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. England were first to bat and had great difficulty scoring off the Australian bowling. The hero of the innings was Surrey’s bowler, Jim Laker, who scored 63. Captain, Don Bradman, led the way in Australia’s innings with a century. SHOTLIST: KS Pan of queues outside ground. GV crowds waiting inside, in fine rain. SCU Wally Hammond. Arrival at ground, Godfrey Evans and Norman Yardley. Sidney Barnes and Morris arrive walk towards camera, Barnes places his hand in front of camera. Brown and Ernest Toshack arrive. Don Bradman arrives. Norman Yardley and Bradman walk onto field for toss up. Toss up, Yardley wins, picks up five shilling piece. CU coin. Aussies take the field. Len Hutton and Cyril Washbrook out to bat. GV of play. Team runs into pavilion owing to rain. GV play. SCU Keith Miller bowls bumper. SCU Miller bowling. Slow motion Miller bowling. Slow Motion - Ray Lindwall bowling. Slow motion Bill Johnston bowling. MS Bill Edrich walks off field out. Cut-in crowds. SCU Johnston bowls pan to Hardstaff receiving and walking off, caught in slips (not shown). CU people in crowd looking very gloomy. Denis Compton walks off field out. Elevated GV play. SCU Alec Bedser batting. SCU Jim Laker batting. MS Laker acknowledges crowds on reaching his 50. Laker walks in (out for 63). Crowds applauding. England out to field. Barnes and Morris out to bat, Barnes again puts his hand in front of camera. GV play. Slow motion Laker bowling. Elevated crowds Bradman walks from pavilion onto field to bat. Keith Miller walks off field - out. Slow motion Bradman batting. Cut-in crowds watching. SCU Young bowling. SCU woman in crowd knitting.
- Keywords
- Sport; Cricket
- Locations
- Nottingham; Trent Bridge
- Card file number
- 50351
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Camera
- Martin Gray
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Camera
- Paul Wyand
- Length of story (in feet)
- 320
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