Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Sport from Australia

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
755
Date Released
22 Nov 1943
Date submitted
2 Nov 1943
Stories in this 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:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
138
Story extras:

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'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)