New Zealanders at Cricket Headquarters

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1042A
Date Released
26 May 1949
Date submitted
24 May 1949
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Zealanders at Cricket Hq. DESCRIPTION: At Lord’s the New Zealanders make their first appearance playing the MCC. Both teams were presented to the King and Queen during the tea interval. SHOTLIST: KS. GV Lord’s cricket ground, crowds. Ditto. GV play. SCU Burtt bowls to Mann. Cut-in crowds. MCC come out to field. SCU Bailey bowls Sutcliffe - out. SCU Wallace hitting ball - caught out. Bailey bowls Donnelly - caught out. SCU Hadlee playing defensive stroke. King & Queen onto field, meet teams, New Zealanders first. SCU King talking to Denis Compton, also Queen talking to Denis Compton.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Royalty; Sport; Cricket
Locations
Lord’s Cricket Ground, London
Footage sources
Gaumont British News Rota
Card file number
51995
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Martin Gray
Length of story (in feet)
134
Story extras:
Film clip

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'New Zealanders at Cricket Headquarters', British Movietone News Issue No. 1042A, 26 May 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15748 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)