FA Cup Semi-Finals

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1034A

Date Released

31 Mar 1949

Date submitted

28 Mar 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Mr Churchill Welcomed in New York
2. 2America’s Mystery City
3. 3France
4. 4Dancing Evzones Greet US Sailors
5. 5British Bantam Title Changes Hands
6. 6FA Cup Semi-Finals
7. *Clayton and Molloy in Training

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: FA Cup Semi-Finals. DESCRIPTION: WOLVES & MANCHESTER UNITED FIGHT A DRAW - At Sheffield, Wolves playing with only nine men for the majority of the game held Manchester United to a draw. LEICESTER CITY’S FIRST FINAL - At Highbury, Leicester City, a second division team beat Portsmouth by three goals to nil, thus going through to Wembley for the first time. SHOTLIST: MANCHESTER UNITED V WOLVERHAMPTON - Hillsborough, Sheffield - KS Crowd shot. Mr & Mrs Nicholls (Pools winner) alight from coach, both stand in queue outside ground. Standing inside stadium. Various crowd shots. GV kick off. Goal being scored by both sides. Smyth scores 1st goal for Wolves and Mitten scores for Manchester United. Cut-ins crowds cheering & clapping. Injured Wolves player Kelly being carried off field. (77 seconds.). PORTSMOUTH V LEICESTER CITY - Highbury - Crowd shots, with banners etc. Leicester run onto field. Cut-in Monty leans over rail watching teams run on. Portsmouth run onto field. Elevated GV kick off. Various shots of play. Griffiths to Lee to Don Revie who scores for Leicester. Harris scores for Portsmouth. Chisholm scores 2nd for Leicester and Revie scores 3rd.

Keywords

Sport; Football

Locations

Sheffield; Highbury, London; Hillsborough

Footage sources

Gaumont

Card file number

51704

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

278

Story extras:

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