Wot, No Boots?

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1604
Date Released
29 Feb 1960
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Countess Mountbatten Buried at Sea
  2. 2Presidential Visit
  3. 3New World Record
  4. 4British Dancers Win
  5. 5The Man’s Mad!
  6. 6Wot, No Boots?

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wot, No Boots?. DESCRIPTION: This is a cricket match with a difference: the visiting team from Fiji wear pads but no boots! Never seen that in all me days, at Lord’s! SHOTLIST: CU bare feet (2). MS to CU bare feet. GV cricket field. SLS Fijian makes run. MS Fijian hits ball. SLS Keith Miller bowls. SLS Bula hits one to the boundary. HAS Fijians carrying refreshment. MS players having same. SLS same. GV two dogs run onto field. MS Fijians fielding. HAS dogs on field. GV Uluiviti bowls to Marks and is stumped. HAS Madden clean bowled. GV Driu bowling to Flockton caught wicket. GV Miller bowls six - pan down to catch.
Keywords
Sport; Animals
Locations
Sydney; Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
79439
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
141
Story extras:
Film clip

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