Movietone Sporting Calendar

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1126A
Date Released
4 Jan 1951
Date submitted
2 Jan 1951
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Movietone’s Sporting Calendar. DESCRIPTION: A comic look at sporting events and Britain’s lack of success. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Montage - Footballers, athletics, tennis players & cricketers in action. SCU Derek Stiles looking through field glasses, takes them down from eyes. WG Grace surrounded by fans walks into camera, with cricket bat. LS cricket field, players in action, crowds in background look on. CU batsman & wicket keeper. MCC & West Indians, West Indians seated in pavilion. Autograph hunters get bat signed. Cricketer - MCC runs to boundary for ball, crowds in background. Australian team walk onto field. MS players in fore & crowds in background. Old style (ancient) tennis men & women play at Wimbledon. Early 1900s playing doubles. Singles game in progress. CU heads following game - side to side. CU modern tennis players, American. Dog amid crowds, heads turning following ball during tennis. Pan of players. SCU cameras on top of car, turning quickly following play. CU type - man looks sad. GV football pitch, players in action, crowds look on. SCU players dribble ball. CU players around goal. Ball into net. SCU man in crowd, his hat & hair stand on end. MS English football team return from Rio, on steps from airliner. CU ditto. CU athletes get ready to start. CU athletes running. CU type - man. MS men hurdling. Cross country race, GV, runners downhill. GVs walking race in progress. SCU pole vaulting. MS Russian throwing discus. Another putting the shot. Woman putting the shot. CU Cup presented to a man. Crowd shot, all wearing glasses. Cricket ground, people put up umbrellas etc. because of rain. Guardsman (Horse-guard) with umbrella over his head. Pole vault fellow continues to gain height. Crowd shot. Clock. Hands of clock going backwards. Tennis shot. Still - WG Grace. Ditto CU WG Grace.
Keywords
Sport; Mass media; Weather; Aviation; Athletics; Football; Animals; Cameramen; Newsreels
Card file number
54814
Credits:
Editor
Charles A. Ridley
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
290
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone Sporting Calendar', British Movietone News Issue No. 1126A, 4 Jan 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16860 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)