Warrington for Wembley

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1087A
Date Released
6 Apr 1950
Date Other
Apr 1950
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Comet in Production
  2. 2Britain’s Floating Shop Window
  3. 3Freebooter’s Welcome
  4. 4Zoo News for Easter
  5. 5Defence Committee at the Hague
  6. 6Trailer: This is Not Laughing Gas
  7. *The Scottish Cup Semi-Final
  8. *New Reservoir for Huddersfield
  9. *Warrington for Wembley
  10. *Hull Welcomes US Destroyer
  11. *Roller Skating Marathon
  12. *Yorkshire Cricketers in the Nets

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rugby League Semi-Final (Warrington V Leeds). DESCRIPTION: A large crowd at the Odsal Stadium saw Warrington beat Leeds 16-4 and so qualify for the Rugby League Final to be held at Wembley. SHOTLIST: GV crowd (x2), GV play. GV Derbyshire kicks penalty for Warrington. MS crowd cheering. MS player tackled. Shots of play. GV crowd. GV penalty kicked, missed for Leeds. GV another ditto. MS Warrington’s 2nd try scored. GV crowd. LAS ball missing posts. GV play. MS teams at half-time. Shots of play. GV Palin kicks penalty for Warrington. GV play.
Local distribution only
For Yorkshire only instead of item 6.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
Bradford; Odsal Stadium
Card file number
53506
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
189
Story extras:
Film clip

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