England’s Great Win

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1450A
Date Released
21 Mar 1957
Date submitted
16 Mar 1957
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: England V Scotland - Calcutta Cup. DESCRIPTION: There were over 70,000 at Twickenham when Her Majesty the Queen went with Prince Philip to watch the Calcutta Cup match. Before the start, both teams were presented to His Royal Highness. Victory went to England - the Cup, the Triple Crown, the Championship and a win over all four countries. SHOTLIST: GV crowd. Queen arrives. Crowd. Duke and teams. CU kick off. Mid play. Butterfield. Davies - try. Crowd. England attacks. Crowd. Penalty. Challis. Crowd. Scotland kick. Runs. England attacks. Thompson try. Challis (No 1) converts. Crowd. Falls. Higgins try. Challis converts. Scoreboard. England wins.
Keywords
Sport; Rugby football
Locations
Twickenham; Middlesex
Card file number
70117
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera
John Davies
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Terry O’Brien
Length of story (in feet)
183
Story extras:
Film clip

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'England’s Great Win', British Movietone News Issue No. 1450A, 21 Mar 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21579 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)