Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Sport from Australia
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sports From Australia. DESCRIPTION: American Service men in Sydney hold an Army v Navy football match for charity. Also in Sydney a Services Tennis match is held with Crawford and Pails taking on Bromwich and Gilchrist. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Various shots of crowd, including Army & Navy men, watching American Football match between Army v Navy. Various shots of cheer leaders. Various shots, including elevated shots of match. CU types of footballers. Also Sydney, tennis competition, elevated shot of Crawford, Pails, Bromwich & Gilchrist, Pails & Crawford on far side put up brilliant rally, Bromwich & Gilchrist on far side, prove too much & win 6-2, 6-5. GS of them shaking hands after match.
- Keywords
- Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Fundraising; Navy; Military
- Locations
- Sydney
- Footage sources
- Australia
- Card file number
- 44246
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 138
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Sport from Australia', British Movietone News Issue No. 755, 22 Nov 1943. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12912 (Accessed 28 Mar 2026)