The Aussies Arrive

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1403A
Date Released
26 Apr 1956
Date submitted
24 Apr 1956
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Australian Cricketers Arrive. DESCRIPTION: Arriving at Tilbury, the Himalaya brought over the Australia Test cricketers, seventeen of the best and all in fighting form. Len Hutton was there to meet skipper Ian Johnson and his men. SHOTLIST: LS of the ship Himalaya arriving at Tilbury. MS of the cricketers. MS of the press taking photographs. Shot of Keith Miller with other cricketers. Pan along line. MCU Burke, Maddocks, Davidson and Peter Burge looking at newspaper. MCU Len Hutton with Ian Johnson. Shots of Johnson making a speech.
Researcher Comments
Speech - It is very nice to be back here in England even though the weather is not very kind to us this morning. You see we’ve come across here hoping very much for a hot dry summer, because we are quite sure that if we do have that hot dry summer we can give your boys a terrific fright during these next few months. We are a very confident side. We are a very happy side and can assure you that you are going to see some jolly fine cricket from us and much more resolute cricket that you have probably seen from Australian teams from the last few years. I think it will be an excellent series. I certainly am looking forward to it, so too are all the boys. The result at the finish will be quite close, with Australia I think, just a little weeny bit ahead.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Sport; Ships and boats
Locations
London; Tilbury
Card file number
66713
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Robert Turner
Camera
Terry O’Brien
Length of story (in feet)
107
Story extras:
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'The Aussies Arrive', British Movietone News Issue No. 1403A, 26 Apr 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20892 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)