Great Britain Win First Rugby League Test

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1218A
Date Released
9 Oct 1952
Date submitted
6 Oct 1952
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1England Get Soccer Shock
  2. 2Bath to London Foot
  3. 3King George VI Memorial Appeal
  4. 4The Duchess in Singapore
  5. 5Exercise Ardent
  6. 6Train Crash - Harrow
  7. *Great Britain Win First Rugby League Test

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rugger - Great Britain V Australia. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Teams coming out. Crowd shot. Kick-off by GB. Australia’s Pidding score a penalty. Horne scores penalty for GB. GB. Castle gathers ball & races over for a try. Conversion by Horne. Ryder scores another try for GB & Horne converts. Half-time, Britain score again, Australia score several penalties, & GB score a penalty to finish.
Local distribution only
Leeds, Manchester & Liverpool only instead of first item.
Keywords
Sport; Rugby football
Locations
Leeds; Headingley
Card file number
57922
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Martin Gray
Length of story (in feet)
128
Story extras:
Film clip

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