England V France

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1552A
Date Released
5 Mar 1959
Date submitted
2 Mar 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: England V France. DESCRIPTION: Rugger, and England at home to France at Twickenham. France were confident after their defeat of Scotland and were hoping to become champions of the Five Nations this season, for the first time. It was France who scored first, but England lost no time in making a strong bid to wipe out those three points and they worked away very hard right to the end. The result: a draw. SHOTLIST: Stock title (key). FS England out onto field. Semi GV crowd. GV kick off (England in white). LS England attack - various tackles. Longer shot same - France attack swiftly left to right. Semi GV crowd. Semi GV pan Labazuy (France) kicks penalty. MS scoreboard at 3 - 3. MS England pressing hard right to left. LS same. Closer same. Longer same.
Keywords
Sport; Rugby football
Locations
Twickenham; England; Middlesex
Card file number
76523
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera
John Davies
Length of story (in feet)
123
Story extras:
Film clip

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'England V France', British Movietone News Issue No. 1552A, 5 Mar 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22901 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)