Rugby Union - Wales V England

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1338A

Date Released

27 Jan 1955

Date submitted

24 Jan 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Tragic Train Crash
2. 2Floods Still Rising
3. 3Rugby Union - Wales V England
4. 4Monte Carlo Rally
5. 5To Defend Formosa
6. 6Boxing - Kelly Wins Title
7. 7Flying Bedstead

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rugby - Wales V England. DESCRIPTION: At Cardiff Arms Park, on a pitch that had suffered from the recent bad weather, Wales scored a narrow, three point victory over England. SHOTLIST: GV the ground being cleared of straw which had been placed there due to recent thaw (Cardiff Arms Park). (Two men operating a tractor). Cliff Morgan (Wales) kicks off. Penalty for Wales taken by Arthur Edwards. A view from behind the goal of the ball sailing over the bar to put Wales 3 points ahead. General play - forward passing and some shots of the players covered in mud having great difficulty in negotiating the bad conditions. CU of the players as they walk off the ground covered in mud.

Local distribution only

Long version (220 ft) shown in Cardiff & West instead of Item 2 and short version of this story.

Keywords

Sport; Rugby football

Locations

Cardiff; Wales

Card file number

62727

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

George Richardson

Camera

Martin Gray

Camera

Terry O’Brien

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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