Holiday Weather & Crowds: Duke of Edinburgh as Cricketer

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1261A
Date Released
6 Aug 1953
Date submitted
4 Aug 1953
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Section Title
Holiday Weather & Crowds
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Holiday Weather and Crowds - Games. DESCRIPTION: At Arundel, in Sussex, more people - 30,000 of them were there to see two Dukes toss up as skippers of opposing teams. The Duke of Edinburgh’s XI were playing the Duke of Norfolk’s XI in aid of the National Playing Fields Association. SHOTLIST: ARUNDEL - Various crowd shots. Dukes of Edinburgh and Norfolk toss up. Duke of Edinburgh takes team onto field. D of E bowling. Duke of Norfolk comes out to bat. Bowled by D of E LBW. Norfolk shakes hand with D of E and leaves field. D of E batting, shots of him skying ball. Bowled by George Cox LBW.
Keywords
Royalty; Sport; Fundraising; Cricket
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
59488
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
161
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Holiday Weather & Crowds: Duke of Edinburgh as Cricketer', British Movietone News Issue No. 1261A, 6 Aug 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18672 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)