West Indies Ready for the Season

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1091A
Date Released
4 May 1950
Date submitted
1 May 1950
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: West Indians Ready for the Season. DESCRIPTION: West Indies cricketers showed their paces when they played a match against the Club Cricket Conference at Kingston, Surrey. The game was drawn due to rain. SHOTLIST: KS. Toss-up by captains. Indian cricketers giving their signatures. GV of cricket - rainy weather. Stollmeyer batting. Group watching - Jones, Trestrail, Williams & Weekes. Weekes batting. Gomez batting. Rae. Christiani & Williams watching. Lance Pierre bowling. Sunny Ramadhin bowling. Cut-ins of crowds watching. GV ground.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
Surrey; Kingston
Card file number
53647
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
90
Story extras:
Film clip

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'West Indies Ready for the Season', British Movietone News Issue No. 1091A, 4 May 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16372 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)