Rain Mars West Indians’ Opening
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 7
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rain Mars West Indians Opening. DESCRIPTION: The team from the West Indies were given a very warm welcome (except from the weather), when they got down to first-class cricket at Worcester. Due to the rain, they were only able to play for a few hours on the first day. SHOTLIST: KS. Toss-up. GV ground with Cathedral in background. Several shots of crowds some with flags bearing words "Welcome". Opening bats walk out - West Indians. Rae batting. Worrell batting. Perks bowling. Jenkins bowling. Weekes batting. Worrell nearly stumped. Teams come in as it starts to rain, crowds take shelter & place papers and put on macs. Wicket being covered.
- Local distribution only
- Not shown in Liverpool, Manchester or Leeds.
- Keywords
- Sport; Weather; Cricket
- Locations
- Worcester
- Card file number
- 53695
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Camera
- Martin Gray
- Camera
- Paul Wyand
- Length of story (in feet)
- 98
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