Learning on ScreenPeter May
Series
- Series Name
- British Sporting Personalities
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Peter May is an insurance broker, unexceptional amongst thousands of men and women in the City of London during the week. On the cricket field, however, he is incomparable. Still in his early thirties he was a brilliant captain of Surrey and England, and a gifted batsmen. In 1953 he confirmed his promise by a superb innings against the Australian tourists, and then went to Australia as vice-captain under Len Hutton. When Australia’s team revisited England in 1956 May played a captain’s innings and took a place of honour amongst the greatest names in the game.
- Keywords
- Cricket
- Written sources
- The National Archives INF 6 /855
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Films From Britain Catalogue 1964-1965, p.252 - used for synopsis.
- COI Reference
- MI 923/10
- Credits:
-
- Director
- Bernard Y. Till
- Camera
- Bernard Y. Till
- Production Co.
- British Pathe Ltd.
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Colonial Office
- Sponsor
- Commonwealth Relations Office
- Sponsor
- Foreign Office
- Producer
- Lionel Hoare
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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