Wales’ Narrow Victory over France

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1190A
Date Released
27 Mar 1952
Date submitted
24 Mar 1952
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wales’ Narrow Victory Over France. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Teams onto field. Crowds singing Land of Fathers. Cut-in various crowd shots. Wales kick-off. Alun Thomas scores drop goal. Crowd cheer. Wales attack. France attack. Pomathios scores try for France. Jean Prat converts. SCU of ‘rough houses’ between two teams. France kick-off second half - general play. Lewis Jones scores a penalty. More ‘rough houses’, Lewis Jones scores another penalty. Scoreboard to finish, Wales 9 - France 5.
Local distribution only
Cardiff only instead of first two items.
Keywords
Sport; Music and dance; Rugby football
Locations
Swansea
Card file number
56951
Credits:
Camera
George Richardson
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Martin Gray
Length of story (in feet)
191
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Wales’ Narrow Victory over France', British Movietone News Issue No. 1190A, 27 Mar 1952. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17698 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)