Australia Wins Second Test

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1412A

Date Released

28 Jun 1956

Date submitted

25 Jun 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Australia Wins Second Test
2. 2Wimbledon Opens
3. 3Review by the Queen - Grenadiers
4. 4Review by the Queen - For Valour

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The 2nd Test. DESCRIPTION: At Lord’s Cricket Ground, Australia won the Second Test match. It was a well deserved victory, and they had every reason to be jubilant. During the match, the Queen went on to the field, Ian Johnson presented Keith Miller and the rest of the Australian eleven. SHOTLIST: Shots of people sleeping out all night ready to get in at the start. Cricketers come onto grounds. Queen and Prince Philip meet the teams. Shots of the game. Black cat runs onto the pitch, policeman catches him. Cricketers include, Keith Miller, MacKay. Colin Cowdrey, Evans, Peter May, Trevor Bailey, Freddie Trueman, Jim Laker and Ian Johnson.

Keywords

Royalty; Sport; Cricket

Locations

Lord’s Cricket Ground, London

Card file number

67438

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Camera

Robert Turner

Camera

Terry O’Brien

Length of story (in feet)

236

Story extras:

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