Lord’s Test - Final Scenes

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1256A

Date Released

2 Jul 1953

Date submitted

30 Jun 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Queen Mother & Princess off to Africa
2. 2Cinemascope Comes to London
3. 3Palace Investiture for Noted Sportsmen
4. 4Nepal and India Greet Everest Victors
5. 5Lord’s Test - Final Scenes
6. *Northumberland Plate
7. *Royal Scottish Tour Continued

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lord’s Test Final Scenes. DESCRIPTION: The Second Test Match ended in a draw - due mainly to the stubborn resistance of Watson and Bailey who defied the hostile attack of Miller and Lindwall. Watson’s 109 and Bailey’s 71 were not enough to help England win the day, but certainly enough to save it. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Crowds. Lindwall bowling. Graveney clean bowled. Evans clean bowled. Bedser clean bowled. Cut-ins Lindwall bowling. Watson batting - SCU. Lindwall bowling. Miller bowling. Bailey batting. Bailey reaches his fifty. Watson reaches his century, Australian Morris shakes his hand. Watson walks off, amid cheering. Bailey walks off, out. Wardle batting & end on innings & match.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Sport; Cricket

Footage sources

Gaumont
Rota

Card file number

59301

Credits:

Camera

George Richardson

Camera

James Humphries

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Camera

Martin Gray

Camera

Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

143

Story extras:

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