White Hart Lane - A Gallant Bid Fails

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1714

Date Released

9 Apr 1962

Date submitted

6 Apr 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Cooper Retains Titles
2. 2England Defeat Austria
3. 3Five in the Nursery
4. 4Meet Les Paras
5. 5White Hart Lane - A Gallant Bid Fails

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Gallant Bid Fails. DESCRIPTION: Nobody could say Spurs lacked encouragement in the second leg of their European Cup Semi-final against Benfica. Danny Blanchflower exchanges banners with the Benfica skipper. Then, Bobby Smith kicked off and Spurs were quick off the mark against the European Cup-holders. But their gallant bid just failed. They are one goal behind on aggregate. SHOTLIST: Key scene. (2 shots) Spurs supporters. Spurs come onto field. Crowd. Benfica come onto the field. Crowds. Benfica captain gives flag to Blanchflower. Crowd. Kick off and play. Crowds. (3 shots) play and Benfica score. Crowds. (2 shots) play and disallowed goal. Crowd. Argument about goal. Crowd. (2 shots) play and goal scored by Spurs. Crowd. Second half. Kick off and play (3 shots) crowd. Blanchflower scores. Crowd. Play. Crowd. Play. European Cup Semi-Final.

Keywords

Sport; Football

Locations

London; White Hart Lane

Card file number

84168

Credits:

Camera

Jim Godfrey

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Mark McDonald

Length of story (in feet)

206

Story extras:

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