Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The World of Sport - Navy Triumph at Rugger

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
979A
Date Released
11 Mar 1948
Date submitted
8 Mar 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rugger - Navy V Army. DESCRIPTION: The Navy defeat the Army by one point in their recent encounter at Twickenham. SHOTLIST: KS Elevated - King walks onto field to meet team. MS King shakes hands with Navy Captain (x2). Elevated Royal Marine Band paraded on field behind teams. King shakes hands with Army Captain. Elevated kick off. MS King, Queen and Princess Margaret seated in Royal Box. Navy player takes penalty kick. Army 3/4 movement, run through and score try. Walker converts. Crowd shot cheering. Bennett passes to Vaughan (No 3) who runs through and scores a try. Vaughan dribbles through, gathers ball and scores another try. Army break through, by Wilson who scores a try, pan to cheering crowd. Walker fails to convert. MS scoreboard - Army 8, Navy 9.
Keywords
Sport; Rugby football; Navy; Military
Locations
Twickenham
Footage sources
British Paramount
Card file number
49933
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
147
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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The World of Sport - Navy Triumph at Rugger', British Movietone News Issue No. 979A, 11 Mar 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14994 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)