Sport - Cricket - Portable Pitch

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1031A
Date Released
10 Mar 1949
Date submitted
3 Mar 1949
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Trailer: Jet Propelled Germs
  2. 2Sport - Cricket - Portable Pitch
  3. 3Sport - Daring Cliff Diving
  4. 4Royal Activities - Youth Reception
  5. 5Royal Activities - Port Brisbane Visit
  6. 6Aviation - Round the World Flight
  7. 7The Weather - Britain’s Contrast
  8. 8The Weather - Holland’s Hurricane
  9. 9In Germany - Frankfurt’s Little Blockade
  10. 10In Germany - Mr Attlee’s Berlin Visit

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 10
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cricket - Portable Pitch. DESCRIPTION: At Ashford, Middlesex, well known cricketers try out a new cricket pitch of pre-cast concrete. SHOTLIST: KS Cricketers inspect wicket. Placing movable wicket in position. SCU joins of wicket being placed together. Rolling matting over wicket. Robins bowls to Bill Edrich. SCU Edrich batting. Sims bowling. Edrich batting. The pitch is made from pre-cast concrete & coconut matting.
Keywords
Sport; Cricket; Inventions and discoveries
Locations
Middlesex; Ashford
Card file number
51584
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Martin Gray
Length of story (in feet)
65
Story extras:
Film clip

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