Soccer International - England’s Win

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1089A
Date Released
20 Apr 1950
Date submitted
14 Apr 1950
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: England Beat Scotland at Football. DESCRIPTION: At Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland played England and the result of the match was to determine who would win the International Championship. Also whether Scotland would go to Rio or not. England won by a single goal, scored by Bentley, and so become Champions while Scotland, unless they reverse their original decision, will not be at Rio for the World Cup. SHOTLIST: KS. Crowd shot. Several ditto. Various group types. Teams onto field led by England. Hector McNeil introduced to teams. Billy Wright (Captain) introduces England. Toss-up. Scotland kick off. Scotland attack, Williams kept very busy. Cowan goalie also being kept busy. Very good football. Crowds cheering - Hampden roar. England kick off - half time. Stan Mortensen scores, but it is off-side. England attack & Bentley scores the only goal for England. Crowds cheering. Scotland fight back hard, doing everything but scoring. Waddell shoots for Scotland but misses. World Cup Qualifying Match.
Keywords
Sport; Football
Locations
Glasgow; Hampden Park
Footage sources
British Paramount
Card file number
53564
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Martin Gray
Length of story (in feet)
264
Story extras:
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'Soccer International - England’s Win', British Movietone News Issue No. 1089A, 20 Apr 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16345 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)