Prelude to the Tour - England Beat Uruguay

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1823
Date Released
11 May 1964
Date submitted
6 May 1964
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Cheaper - Quicker - By Hydrofoil
  2. 2Don’t Rock the Dish!
  3. 3A Woman of Spirit
  4. 4Prelude to the Tour - England Beat Uruguay

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Prelude to the Tour - England Beat Uruguay. DESCRIPTION: England met Uruguay at Wembley in a farewell match before leaving for their world tour. After the 2 captains Bobby Moore and William Martinez exchanged courtesies, the home team kicked off. At half time, England were one up, and soon after Johnny Byrne scored again. 2 goals by the centre forward of West Ham, who’ve just won England’s FA Cup. Before the final whistle, Uruguay managed to get a goal, so England won by 2 goals to one. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS teams out. ES same. MS same. CU crowds. GV captains exchange banners. CU ball. ES kick off and England attack. CU same. MS English goalie Gordon Banks. GV pan England attack. CU rattle. GV Uruguay attack. ES same. ES same nearly score. CU man in crowd. ES Uruguay attack. GV crowd. ES England attack. MS same. ES Johnny Byrne scores first for England. GV crowd at half time. ES pan Uruguay attack. MS same. CU crowd. ES England attack. CU crowd. ES England attack. ES same and Byrne scores second for England. CU banner Come on, England. ES Uruguay attack. CU crowd. GV Uruguay attack. GV general play and Roberto Gil scores for Uruguay. GV crowd. GV players on field. Result: England 2 - Uruguay 1. Other players mentioned in the commentary are:- Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Taibo (Uruguay goalie), George Cohen, Paine, Jimmy Greaves, Alberto Spencer.
Keywords
Sport; Football
Locations
London; England; Wembley; Empire Stadium
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
88300
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
239
Story extras:
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