Rugby - England V France

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1134A
Date Released
1 Mar 1951
Date submitted
26 Feb 1951
Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rugby - England V France. DESCRIPTION: France’s rugger victory over England was the first they’d won at Twickenham in forty years. England, who only had thirteen men on the field for one period, could not hold the speedy Frenchmen who won by eleven points to three. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. MS teams standing to attention on pitch. Ditto - closer shot. Crowd shots. General play, ball going from one end to the other. England tackle & Hardy passes to Boobbyer who goes over for a try. Crowds cheering. Rittson-Thomas limps off field. France attack & Basquet pushes himself for a try. Prat converts. General play. Prat goes over for a try. Prat drops a goal making a victory of 11 - 3. Cut-ins cheering crowds.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
Twickenham
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
55092
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
150
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'Rugby - England V France', British Movietone News Issue No. 1134A, 1 Mar 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16981 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)