Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Rugby League Test Match

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
957A
Date Released
9 Oct 1947
Date submitted
6 Oct 1947
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Kiwis V Great Britain - Rugby (Mute). DESCRIPTION: The first Rugby League Test between Great Britain and New Zealand as held at Headingley. SHOTLIST: KS Crowd shot. Mr Jordan (New Zealand High Commissioner) walks onto field, meets teams and presents caps to England team. MS line up and kick off. Various shots of play. Kiwis in black shirts. GV Clark scoring penalty for Kiwis. Ward converts. GV of play, Great Britain attacking. Forrest goes over and scores again for Kiwis. Clark fails to convert. Various shots of play and Johnson runs over grabs ball and scores for Great Britain. Crowds swarm onto pitch after game.
Local distribution only
Leeds only, instead of first two items.
Keywords
Sport; Rugby football
Locations
Leeds; Headingley
Card file number
49266
Credits:
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Martin Gray
Length of story (in feet)
167
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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Rugby League Test Match', British Movietone News Issue No. 957A, 9 Oct 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14707 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)