Mayors’ Marbles Championship

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1190A
Date Released
27 Mar 1952
Date submitted
24 Mar 1952
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Late Prime Minister of Ceylon
  2. 2Record Family
  3. 3Mayors’ Marbles Championship
  4. 4Friendly Encounter
  5. 5The World’s Greatest Sporting Contest
  6. 6The Lincoln
  7. *Wales’ Narrow Victory over France
  8. *Colmore Trophy Trials

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Marbles Championship. DESCRIPTION: The Civic heads of over a dozen towns were competing at Wakefield in the Marbles Contest. The final bout included the Mayor Elect of Dewsbury, who lost to the Chairman of Castleford Urban District Council. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. SCU marbles on floor. GV mayors gathered & wives. Mayor of Wakefield, cracks a joke about the Mayor of Flushing. Various shots of mayors playing marbles. Mayor Elect of Dewsbury playing. Chairman of Castleford UDC., playing. Latter wins. Mr Hoffman presents trophy. CU trophy.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities; Competitions; Local government
Locations
Wakefield
Card file number
56950
Credits:
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
135
Story extras:
Film clip

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