Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentary by Thomas Woodrooffe: The Cup Final

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
517
Date Released
1 May 1939
Date submitted
29 Apr 1939
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Section Title
Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentary by Thomas Woodrooffe
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: FA Cup Final - 1939. DESCRIPTION: The King and Queen are in the Royal Box at Wembley to see Portsmouth defeat Wolverhampton Wanderers by four goals to one. SHOTLIST: Mr Radcliffe conducts the tremendous crowd in community singing. Then the King and Queen arrive and make their way to the Royal Box. The teams then come out, led by their managers and the King comes out onto the field to see the teams. The captains toss up and kick off. General views of the play in ordinary and slow motion. After the game in which Portsmouth emerge victors the King and Queen present medals to the players. Portsmouth win 4-1.
Keywords
Royalty; Sport; Music and dance; Ceremonies; Football; Newsreels
Locations
Wembley Stadium
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
36701
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Commentator
Thomas Woodroffe
Length of story (in feet)
248
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentary by Thomas Woodrooffe: The Cup Final', British Movietone News Issue No. 517, 1 May 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9936 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)