Calcutta Cup

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1555A

Date Released

26 Mar 1959

Date submitted

23 Mar 1959

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Calcutta Cup. DESCRIPTION: Twickenham: and a capacity crowd to see that hardy rugby annual - the contest for the Calcutta Cup. In bright sunshine, on a dry pitch, England kicked off against their old adversary, Scotland, which ended in a draw. SHOTLIST: CU Cup (key). Semi GV crowd. FS English team out. Crowd. FS Scotland out. GV kick off. High angle - England attack right to left. Another same. MS same. England player falls over touch-line. Pan Risman kicks penalty (England). MS crowd. High angle Scotland attack right to left (2nd half). Closer same. LS Ken Scotland kicks penalty (Scotland). High angle England attack left to right. LS ground level - England score disallowed try. LS scoreboard - 3 - 3.

Keywords

Sport; Rugby football

Locations

Twickenham; England

Card file number

76720

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: Len Waldorf
Camera: Michael Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

125

Story extras:

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