FA Cup Semi Finals - Birmingham V Sunderland

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1398A

Date Released

22 Mar 1956

Date submitted

19 Mar 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1FA Cup Semi Finals - Manchester City V Spurs
2. 2FA Cup Semi Finals - Birmingham V Sunderland
3. 3The Malenkov Tour
4. 4Earthquake in Lebanon
5. 5Earl Mountbatten in India
6. 6Terrorists Strike Again
7. 7Grand National Trailer

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Birmingham City V Sunderland. DESCRIPTION: At Hillsborough 65 thousand fans from Wearside and the Midlands were there to see Birmingham win their way into the Cup Final, by beating Sunderland, the score was three - nil. SHOTLIST: Sunderland first team out with stripped shirts on. Pipe band by entrance. Good view of referee. Eddie Brown passes to Noel Kinsey No 1. Astall No 2. Crowd. Good close view of ball on centre shot. LS of play. Birmingham Goalkeeper Merrick makes various saves. Crowd. Eddie Brown No 3. Crowd. Birmingham win. Good close view of ball on centre.

Keywords

Sport; Football

Locations

Sheffield; Hillsborough

Card file number

66325

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

John Davies

Camera

Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

249

Story extras:

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