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Scotland’s Great Soccer Victory

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1036A
Date Released
14 Apr 1949
Date submitted
Apr 1949
Date submitted
11 Apr 1949
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Chancellor on His Budget
  2. 2The Elections - LCC Dead Heat
  3. 3Famous Hope Diamond Changes Hands
  4. 4Scotland’s Great Soccer Victory
  5. *Oban Celtic Win the Shinty Final

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Scotland Beat England 3 - 1. DESCRIPTION: At Wembley, Scotland beat England by three goals to one, making them International Champions. SHOTLIST: KS GV play. Crowds cheering. Teams walk onto pitch. Crowds. Duke of Edinburgh meets teams, Billy Wright leads out England team and presents them to Duke. Crowds wave & cheer. MS Royal Box, Princess Elizabeth & Duke watch the game. Elevated GV kick off. MS Cowan, Scottish goalie, makes several saves. Waddell dribbling. Cox kicks ball away from goal, he is standing on goal line. Scotland score, ball going in off goalpost - Mason scored. Crowds cheer. Scotland attack, Houliston warned by referee (Mr Griffiths) after kicking Swift. Crowds booing. Cut-in Royal Box. Elevated GV of play. Steel scores Scotland’s second goal. Waddell centres from wing to Reilly in centre who heads ball into net. Stanley Matthews dribbling. England attack hard. Stan Mortensen kicks ball at goal, deflected into net by Jackie Milburn. Crowds cheer. Crowds mob Scottish team including Cowan, their goalkeeper.
Keywords
Football
Locations
London; England; Wembley
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
51776
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
248
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