The Misses Can’t Miss

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1742A
Date Released
25 Oct 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Misses Can’t Miss. DESCRIPTION: Who’d have thought that Chipping Norton would make the soccer headlines? Well, here’s the match that did it, the girls team (the Bliss Misses) are more intimately known as the legs-eleven. They fought it out with a local men’s team. The game resulted in a 12-7 win for the girls, £200 for the new swimming-pool fund, and a good time by all! SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS Chipping Norton girls team. MS teams come out pan up women. MCU referee blows whistle. MCU woman player pulling up her shorts. MS kick off. MS girls attack. CU baby crawls onto pitch. Girls score a goal (2 shots). MS crowd - girl hurt, trainer gives help (2 shots) end of match (2 shots). CU girls hug men. CU two girls hug referee.
Keywords
Sport; Women; Football
Locations
Oxfordshire; Chipping Norton
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
85358
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
143
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'The Misses Can’t Miss', British Movietone News Issue No. 1742A, 25 Oct 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24851 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)