Queen at the Test Match

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2199

Date Released

26 Jul 1971

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen at Test Match. DESCRIPTION: The Queen attending the opening day of the first Test between England and India at Lord’s Cricket Ground. After a disastrous opening, England finished the day with 252 for 8. SHOTLIST: LV pan Indian team onto field. SV 2 opening batsmen Geoff Boycott & Brian Luckhurst. Big GV play. SV Luckhurst batting - 2 runs - scoreboard 18 for 1. SV Boycott out and walking back. GV Abid Ali bowling to John Edrich. SV Edrich batting (no score). GV of play. LV Alan Knott batting hits for 4 - pan. STV crowd. Knott batting, scores his 50th. LV Ray Illingsworth batting hits to boundary & runs. CU Captain of Indian side Wadekar. SV Queen talking to team and Bishan Singh Bedi. CU Bedi with turban. SV Queen talks to Indians. CU player. SV pan Queen walks across to shake hands with England’s Captain Illingsworth. TV Queen shakes hands with England team.

Keywords

Sport; Cricket

Locations

Lord’s Cricket Ground, London

Card file number

97327

Credits:

Camera: Denis White
Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

152

Story extras:

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