England Keeps the Ashes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1417A
Date Released
2 Aug 1956
Date submitted
7 Jul 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Queen’s Colour for Fleet Air Arm
  2. 2England Keeps the Ashes
  3. 3Moore Defeats Parker
  4. 4British Victory at Le Mans
  5. 590 MPH Wind
  6. 6Glorious Goodwood

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 4th Test Match - England Retain the Ashes. SHOTLIST: England V Austria - Shots of the cricketers coming out of the pavilion. TPS of Jim Laker bowling to Keith Miller who was caught out by Oakman. Shots of the scoreboard. Laker bowls to Ken Archer who was stumped out by Evans. Shots of the scoreboard. Panning shot of Old Trafford as pitch is covered up as starting to rain. Shots of Laker bowling to McDonald. Laker bowls to Maddox. Shots of Laker being congratulated on setting a new test record of 19 wickets. Shot of Laker walking towards camera. Shots of crowds. Shot of Laker going into the pavilion. Shot of the crowds. Shot of Peter May congratulating Laker. CU of Laker.
Keywords
Sport; Cricket
Locations
Old Trafford, Manchester
Card file number
67781
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
James Humphries
Camera
Terry O’Brien
Length of story (in feet)
165
Story extras:
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