Shrovetide Football

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2385

Date Released

16 Feb 1975

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Shrovetide Football. DESCRIPTION: Another seasonal event, that really encourages letting off steam. The hold, which this strange, yet fascinating game has on the Ashburnians, can be seen by the fact that the two great European Wars, fought in our generation, have not stopped the annual battle between UP’ARDS and DOWN’ARDS. SHOTLIST: GV Ashbourne Town in morning mist. LV men boarding up windows of shop. SV men hammering board. SV man holding board. CU old ball in shop window 1908. SV men boarding up windows. GV street (quiet). LV stone which marks place of Old Clifton Mill and is one of the goals. CU plaque on stone saying above. GV Sturstone Mill. CU one of the balls to be used. GV Town Street. CU poster ‘Shrovetide Football Today’. CU ditto ‘Ball thrown up here’. CU ball ‘Brian Clough 1975 Feb 11th’. SV Clough coming down steps of Green Man Hotel with ball, crowd all round him. GV crowd in car park. GV crowd of players round ball in the air as game starts. CU crowds pushing for ball. GV ditto in car park. CU crowds round ball (ball not to be seen). GV crowds round ball & watching. CU mob pushing. TV ditto as bell is tugged at on top of a car. GV crowd. SV people climbing over wall. GV ditto players in river by bridge. SV ditto, pan down to players packed round ball in river by bridge. GV crowd in and on banks of river. SV crowd watching. TV players packed round ball. SV crowd watch in & out of river. SV players round ball. SV spectators. SV pushing & shoving round ball. GV player scrambling for ball in riverbed. SV ball being passed round the players. GV players & crowd. GV crowd of people at edge of town. SV people running. GV ditto in field.

Keywords

Sport; Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Customs and traditions; Curiosities; Celebrations and festivals

Locations

Ashbourne

Card file number

75/68

Credits:

Camera: Denis White
Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

227

Story extras:

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