Meet the FA Cup Finalists (Exclusive Pictures)

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1090
Date Released
24 Apr 1950
Date submitted
20 Apr 1950
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Meet the FA Cup Finalists. DESCRIPTION: Liverpool footballers get in some hard training, in preparation for the coming cup final. Also at Liverpool’s ground is Joe Mercer (the Arsenal Captain) who lives in the city. The rest of the Arsenal team train at Brighton under the direction of Mr Whittaker, the manager. SHOTLIST: KS. Liverpool team walk past camera. Team running round perimeter of football field. Few exercise with football. Mr Kay stands in centre of group. Close-ups Baron, Lambert, Fagan, Bob Paisley, Hughes, Done, Spicer, Shepherd, Jones, Sidlow, Balmer, Taylor, Payne, Stubbins, Liddel. Group look at Liverpool FA brochure. Joe Mercer of Arsenal does some exercises in field. CU Mercer. At Brighton, rest of Arsenal team go out to play golf. Whitaker introduces team. CU of each player as spoken. Wally Barnes, Ian Pherson, Joe Quinlan, Joe Scott, Jimmy Logie, Archie Macaulay, Raymond Daniels, Lionel Smith, Lesley Compton, Denis Compton, S Platt, E Cox, Reg Lewis, Don Roper, Dougie Lishmann, Peter Gorin, Billy Milne the trainer.
Keywords
Sport; Football
Locations
Liverpool; Brighton
Card file number
53592
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Martin Gray
Length of story (in feet)
173
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Meet the FA Cup Finalists (Exclusive Pictures)', British Movietone News Issue No. 1090, 24 Apr 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16349 (Accessed 13 Mar 2025)