Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Test - 4th at Leeds

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
947A
Date Released
31 Jul 1947
Date submitted
28 Jul 1947
Date submitted
29 Jul 1947
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 9
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Test Match - England V South Africa. DESCRIPTION: South Africa’s first innings produced only 175 runs. A heavy downpour on the morning of the second day delayed the start of England’s innings, but it didn’t prevent Hutton scoring a century when play resumed. SHOTLIST: KS Two captains walk out on to pitch. Toss up Alan Melville wins. Melville and Dyer walk out to bat. GV play. SCU Bill Edrich bowling. SCU Melville batting. SCU Viljeon bowled, bails flying. Dawson walks off out. Tuckett caught behind wicket, walks off. Various rain shots, crowds scattering, small streams of water under seats, really raining hard. Several persons covered by macs, umbrellas, wait for rain to stop. Several shots of running rain water. Large puddles about pitch. Len Hutton and Cyril Washbrook out to bat. Hutton batting. Hutton acknowledges his century.
Local distribution only
South Africa has a different commentary.
Keywords
Sport; Cricket
Locations
Leeds; Headingley
Card file number
48929
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Martin Gray
Length of story (in feet)
86
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Test - 4th at Leeds', British Movietone News Issue No. 947A, 31 Jul 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14563 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)