FA Cup Wembley Final - Arsenal’s Victory

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1091
Date Released
1 May 1950
Date submitted
29 Apr 1950
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Arsenal Win the Cup Final. DESCRIPTION: Movietone presents the Wembley Scene as Liverpool and Arsenal battle for the coveted trophy. It was the London side which received the Cup from the King. SHOTLIST: KS. High elevated shot of stadium, raining. Various crowds shots walking in the rain. Elevated GV crowds inside stadium & quick pan to car park outside stadium. Elevated GV & crowd shot singing "Abide with me". Teams walk out. King out & shakes hands with teams. Toss-up Phil Taylor wins toss from Joe Mercer. Arsenal kick-off. Arsenal attack, Liverpool clears, various elevated GV of play. Liverpool attack hard & almost score. Cut-in of crowds & types (some opticals). Elevated GV of Arsenal attacking, very nice passing shots. Denis Compton takes corner. Logie passes to Lewis who shoots & scores. Crowds cheering. Cox takes a corner. Good passing by Arsenal. Lewis scores again. General play. CU Liverpool manager George Kay watching. CU Arsenal manager Tom Whittaker watching. Liddell takes a corner. Liverpool attack hard. Cut-ins slow motion of Arsenal goals being scored. Swindin saving - slow motion. Arsenal captain & team go up to receive Cup. Mercer carried off. Crowds cheering. Interview with Mercer on winning the Cup. Queen presents medals.
Keywords
Royalty; Sport; Football
Locations
London; Wembley Stadium
Footage sources
Gaumont British News Rota
Card file number
53628
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Montague G. Benson
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Paul Wyand
Camera
William G. Carrington
Length of story (in feet)
534
Story extras:
Film clip

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'FA Cup Wembley Final - Arsenal’s Victory', British Movietone News Issue No. 1091, 1 May 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16367 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)