Calcutta Cup - England’s Victory

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1137A

Date Released

22 Mar 1951

Date submitted

17 Mar 1951

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: England Win the Calcutta Cup. DESCRIPTION: The Calcutta Cup match drew a big crowd to Twickenham. Princess Margaret and the Queen were there, attended by Sir Wavell Wakefield, President of the Union. England won by five points to three to recapture the Cup and share the wooden spoon with Scotland. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. CU Calcutta Cup. Crowd shots. Princess Margaret precedes the Queen on arrival, accompanied by Sir Wavell Wakefield. MS of the above seated in royal box. Elevated GV Scotland kick off. England attack hard, several times looking dangerous. Good long run by England player. Scrum & England attack. Don White throws a dummy & goes over to score a try for England. Crowds cheering. Hook convert. Half time - England kick off. Gray & Roberts race for ball, both touch-down almost simultaneously, referee gives it to Scotland. General play. Cameron goes over & scores try for Scotland. Inglis fails to convert. Teams off field after game.

Keywords

Royalty; Sport; Rugby football

Locations

Twickenham

Footage sources

British Paramount

Card file number

55178

Credits:

Camera: Alec Tozer
Camera: George Richardson
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Martin Gray
Camera: Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

203

Story extras:

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