The Contest for the Cup (In Colour)

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1773
Date Released
27 May 1963
Date submitted
25 May 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Contest for the Cup (In Colour). DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show the highlights of the great battle at Wembley Stadium between Manchester United and Leicester City. SHOTLIST: Key scene (fade in). GV crowds arrive at Wembley (2 shots). CU rosettes. CU man buys rosette. CU Manchester United rosette. CU Leicester City rosette. GV crowds in stadium. MS Manchester supporters. MS the Queen into Royal box. MS supporters pan to watch. Zoom in tunnels. MS teams onto field. TS same (3 shots). GV crowd. MS Prince Philip meets Leicester team. MS supporters. MS Prince meets Manchester United team. CU supporters. MS the two captains meet (Noel Cantwell - Manchester Utd) and (Colin Appleton - Leicester City). MS crowd. Manchester kick off (2 shots). Same attack (2 shots). MS crowd. Leicester attack (2 shots). MS crowd. CU spectator chewing. MS Manchester attack. CU man chewing. MS Manchester attack and Leicester clear. CU spectator. MLS Manchester attack. MS supporters. GV Denis Law scores for Manchester. MS crowd. MLS scoreboard showing: Leicester 0 - Manchester 1. GV Leicester kick off (second half). MS crowd. MS Manchester attack. MS crowd. GV D Herd scores for Manchester. CU supporter, Leicester attack (3 shots). MS royal box. GV Leicester attack and score. MS crowd. MS Manchester attack. MS crowd. GV Herd scores number 3 for Manchester. GV fans. LS Manchester United to receive cup. MS Noel Cantwell receives cup from Queen. Manchester supporters (3 shots). MS Cantwell shows cup to crowd. End Title. Result: 3 - 1 for Manchester. This is the Cup Final 1963.
Keywords
Royalty; Sport; Football; Newsreels
Locations
London; England; Wembley
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
86631
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
407
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Contest for the Cup (In Colour)', British Movietone News Issue No. 1773, 27 May 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25114 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)