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:

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