Sport: Soccer - England’s Progress in World Cup

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1307A

Date Released

24 Jun 1954

Date submitted

21 Jun 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Sport: Soccer - England’s Progress in World Cup
2. 2Sport: Rowing - Russians at Henley
3. 3Sport: Tennis - Wimbledon Opens
4. 4News Briefs: Berlin Riots
5. 5News Briefs: Moscow’s May Day
6. 6News Briefs: Film Chiefs Meet
7. 7By the Way: Truman Strikes a Note
8. 8By the Way: Chinchilla
9. 9By the Way: A Fishy Tale
10. 10The Duke in Paris
11. *Scotland V Austria

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 10

Section Title

Sport

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World Cup Football -. England V Belgium. DESCRIPTION: At Basle, England met Belgium in their first World Cup encounter. The result was a draw, 4 - 4, after extra time. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Teams coming out. Line-up. Exchange of pennants. Kick-off by England. General play, several goals scored. Only proper goal got by cameraman was one by Lofthouse, headed in. Cut-ins of crowds cheering. Matthews in play.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Sport; Football

Locations

Switzerland; Basle

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

61255

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

131

Story extras:

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