Eton Wall Game

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2584
Date Released
10 Dec 1978
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Queen Visits the Stock Exchange
  2. 2The Gold of El Dorado
  3. 3The Hatfield Oak
  4. 4The Ski Show
  5. 5Eton Wall Game

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eton Wall Game. DESCRIPTION: The Eton Wall Game has a set of rules which are uniquely its own, the two teams - boys from the school - are known as ‘the Collegians’ and ‘the Oppidans’. In the scrum that is most of the game it is rare to see the ball and even more unusual is the scoring of a goal. SHOTLIST: GV exterior Eton College. MS students. GV ditto. MCU students climb over brick wall PB as students come over wall. MCU students jumps down from wall and another appears over the top. Various ditto. MS chalk mark on tree. MS garden wall. GV students by wall Eton school in background. MS tilt down from boys looking over wall to other boys playing Eton Wall Game - with scrummages by wall. Pan ball to boy by marked tree trunk. MS crowd. 3 shots scrum by wall. MS boys watching from top of wall. LS ditto. 3 shots scrum by wall. Pan students running. MS boys watching from top of wall. MS 6 shots scrum by wall pan ball PB end of scrum. MS end of game Collegians win 3 - 0 against the Oppidans (students who live out of college). MS teams congratulate each other.
Keywords
Sport; Customs and traditions
Locations
Eton; Berkshire
Card file number
78/187
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Richard Day
Length of story (in feet)
194
Story extras:
Film clip

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