World Wide Survey: South Africa - Last Rugger Test

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1374
Date Released
3 Oct 1955
Date submitted
28 Sep 1955
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1World Wide Survey: France - A Postman’s Holiday
  2. 2World Wide Survey: Austria - Army’s First Parade
  3. 3World Wide Survey: Sweden - Tribute to Famous Sculptor
  4. 4World Wide Survey: Turkey - Finance Conference
  5. 5World Wide Survey: Israel - Border Incident
  6. 6World Wide Survey: Israel - Oil Strike
  7. 7World Wide Survey: USA - The President’s Illness
  8. 8World Wide Survey: Argentina - New Leader Acclaimed
  9. 9World Wide Survey: Cambodia - Elections
  10. 10World Wide Survey: South Africa - Last Rugger Test
  11. 11World Wide Survey: Great Britain - What’s the Time

Story

Story No. within this Issue
10 / 11
Section Title
World Wide Survey
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Final Rugby Test Great Britain V South Africa. DESCRIPTION: Port Elizabeth and the fourth and final Rugby Test between South Africa and the British Isles. The test was won by the South Africans. SHOTLIST: LS South Africa kick off. GV and CU various shots of game. LS Greenwood try for GB. SCU Pedlow converting. CU crowd dancing in exhortation. CU van Volenhoven’s try for South Africa. GVs crowd. LS O’Reilly’s try for GB. LS O’Reilly laying on ground hurt. GV end of game, fans crowding onto pitch.
Keywords
Sport; Rugby football
Locations
South Africa; Port Elizabeth
Footage sources
South Africa
Card file number
64697
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
99
Story extras:
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