Overseas Invasion for Golf Title

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1094A

Date Released

25 May 1950

Date Other

May 1950

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Overseas Invasion for Golf Title. DESCRIPTION: Bing Crosby’s arrival at St Andrews for the amateur Championship was a big event, it was serious golf and no singing, though for Bing the match proved to be his swan song, as he lost by 3 and 2. SHOTLIST: MS Bing Crosby walks through crowd. CU his feet doing the Highland fling. CU Bing Crosby. MS Bing Crosby & Jim Wilson talk in front of microphone. GV scoreboard for the Amateur Golf Championships. GV crowd in rain. MS Bing Crosby walks to tee with umbrella. GV Wilson & Crosby on tee. MS Jim Wilson drives off. MS crowd. MS Crosby drives off. BS two men with large umbrellas. GV Crosby putting. CU scoreboard showing Wilson beat Crosby 3/2. MS golfer drives off. GV crowd. MS Chapman drives off. MS McCready drives off. CU Goodloe. CU Donald Peers signing autographs. MS Donald Peers strides across course. MCU Donald Peers putting.

Keywords

Performing arts

Locations

Scotland; St Andrews

Card file number

53784A

Credits:

Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

149

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