Monty Sees the Army Win

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1070

Date Released

5 Dec 1949

Date submitted

1 Dec 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Hollywood’s Christmas Greeting
2. 2Thanks for the Parcels, Australia
3. 3Lady Pamela Rides the Winner
4. 4Monty Sees the Army Win
5. 5England Lucky to Beat Italy

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Monty Sees Army Win. DESCRIPTION: The Army V Navy football clash in Philadelphia was attended by President Truman. General Bradley was present; and so was Monty, who’s been paying a short visit to the States, conferring with defence chiefs. SHOTLIST: KS. GV of match in progress. Truman taking his place. General Bradley among the crowd also SCU Montgomery. Supporters shouting the "cries". Various shots of the Army & Navy playing. Army scoring several times. Army supporters nearly going ‘mad’.

Keywords

Sport; Politics and government; American football; Navy; Military

Locations

United States of America; Philadelphia

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

52869

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

107

Story extras:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

AP Archive

Email

info@aparchive.com

Web

http://www.movietone.com

Phone

+44 (0)20 7482 7482

Series held

View all series held by AP Archive