Villa’s Last Minute Win

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1082A

Date Released

2 Mar 1950

Date submitted

27 Feb 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Trailer: Myrtle’s Millions
2. 2Scotland’s Greatest Artist Passes
3. 3Welcome to Their Majesties’ French Guest
4. 4The Carnival That’s Different
5. 5Flower Bombardment of Duke and Duchess
6. 6Red Shoes Stars Weds
7. 7100 Miles Per Hour in US Motor Cycle Race
8. 8The Earth - From 76 Miles Up
9. *Nottingham - Miners Go to It in Boxing Semi-Finals
10. *Mud Larks at Query Motor Cycle Trial
11. *Birmingham - Quads at Mothercraft Exhibition
12. *Villa’s Last Minute Win

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Villas Last Minute Win. Aston Villa V West Bromwich. DESCRIPTION: A capacity crowd saw the 66th meeting of Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion at Villa Park. The only goal of a hard scrappy game was scored by Gibson three minutes from the end to give Aston Villa the points. SHOTLIST: KS. Crowd shot. GV play. Villa attack & Bromwich attacking. Cut-in of cheering crowds. Villa lead up to goal & score just before finish of game, to win. Crowds cheering.

Local distribution only

For Birmingham reel only shown as Item 7.

Keywords

Sport; Football

Locations

Birmingham; Villa Park

Card file number

53288

Credits:

Camera

Alec Tozer

Camera

David W. Samuelson

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

140

Story extras:

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