Globetrotters

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2082A
Date Released
1 May 1969
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Globetrotters. DESCRIPTION: The most famous basketball team in the world returns to Wembley with a show of comedy and precision in the finest tradition of their forty-two years in top-class basketball. In all that time, they’ve only suffered just over three hundred defeats and their victories exceed 9,280! SHOTLIST: TS match between Harlem Globetrotters and Chicago Demons. TS zoom out from Trotter No 36 to ball in Demons net. CU ball in net. TS No 36 Meadowlark Lemon. TS GV Trotters attacking. TS MCU Trotters quick-passing between players. TS GV Trotters score. CU Meadowlark Lemon bouncing ball. MS Meadowlark Lemon hits ball to referee. MS audience. MS Trotters attacking, making quick passes. MS Trotters score. GV scoreboard Trotters 42 - Demons 32. MS Meadowlark throws ball over his shoulder, from half-way line and scores. MS Trotters fooling with ref. 2 shots Freddie Neil showing his skill at ball control and then scores for Trotters.
Keywords
Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities
Locations
London; England; Wembley; United Kingdom
Card file number
94679
Credits:
Camera
John Mould
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
132
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Globetrotters', British Movietone News Issue No. 2082A, 1 May 1969. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27841 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)