The Third Test Match at Manchester

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
266
Date Released
9 Jul 1934
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Third Test Match at Manchester
  2. 2Oldest Horse Race in World is Run
  3. 3Double British Tennis Victory
  4. 4Double British Tennis Victory
  5. 5Movietone Studio

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Third Test Match at Manchester 1st and 2nd Day. DESCRIPTION: The First Day:- England win toss again ... early batting failures ... 1 for 68, 2 for 68, 3 for 72 ... the rot is stopped ... Hendren and Leyland ... close of play 355 for 5. The Second Day:- England’s record batting ... 627 for 9 declared ... Australia’s batting ... close of play 136 for 1. SHOTLIST: First Day - Shot of Wyatt spinning the coin. Shot of the pavilions and stands. Shot of the crowd clapping. They have handkerchiefs over heads to protest from hot sun. Paul Wyand wiping brow. Sutcliffe and Walters batting. Close shot of spectators. Walters running up steps as seen from top of same. Wyatt batting and out first ball. Hammond scores a boundary and O’Reilly seen bowling bowls him out. O’Reilly bowling and Sutcliffe batting. The teams rest. Hendren and Leyland batting, making runs and scoring a 50. Second Day - Leyland and Ames batting. Leyland’s century. Ames for 50. Leyland batting - 150. Spectators, some with sunshades. Verity batting scoring 50. England declare and leave field. Allen bowling. Brown and McCabe batting. General shot of play.
Keywords
Sport; Mass media; Weather; Cricket; Cameramen; Newsreels
Locations
Old Trafford, Manchester
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
3000
Length of story (in feet)
235
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