White Hart Lane - A Gallant Bid Fails

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1714
Date Released
9 Apr 1962
Date submitted
6 Apr 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Gallant Bid Fails. DESCRIPTION: Nobody could say Spurs lacked encouragement in the second leg of their European Cup Semi-final against Benfica. Danny Blanchflower exchanges banners with the Benfica skipper. Then, Bobby Smith kicked off and Spurs were quick off the mark against the European Cup-holders. But their gallant bid just failed. They are one goal behind on aggregate. SHOTLIST: Key scene. (2 shots) Spurs supporters. Spurs come onto field. Crowd. Benfica come onto the field. Crowds. Benfica captain gives flag to Blanchflower. Crowd. Kick off and play. Crowds. (3 shots) play and Benfica score. Crowds. (2 shots) play and disallowed goal. Crowd. Argument about goal. Crowd. (2 shots) play and goal scored by Spurs. Crowd. Second half. Kick off and play (3 shots) crowd. Blanchflower scores. Crowd. Play. Crowd. Play. European Cup Semi-Final.
Keywords
Sport; Football
Locations
London; White Hart Lane
Card file number
84168
Credits:
Camera
Jim Godfrey
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Mark McDonald
Length of story (in feet)
206
Story extras:
Film clip

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