• Short Summary

    Surrey team cricketers spend the day coaching young boys on the Chessington Village Green.

  • Description

    This clip is a duplicate of Film ID 3458.01 - check for best quality.

    Chessington, Surrey.

    M/S of a cricketer bowling. M/S of another cricketer batting. M/S of the cricketer bowling again. L/S of the improvised cricket ground on the village green - lots of people watching the cricketers. M/S of a man showing a little boy how to bend down behind a wicket to catch a ball. High angle shot of the boy's hands (huge gloves). Camera tilts up to show the boy and the cricketer.

    L/S of a boy bowling and another boy failing to hit the ball. M/S of Peter May talking. M/S of the cricketer bowling. M/S of a boy failing to hit the ball. He collects the ball from the net.

    This is the special reception organised by the Chessington Zoo authorities in honour of Surrey team winning the Country Championship three times in a row. Long panning shot across the field showing the crowd. M/S of a young boy bowling. M/S of Alec Bedser batting. C/U shot of Bedser's face as he awaits a new ball. M/S of the boy bowling again. M/S of Bedser batting.

    M/S of a cricketer (Ken Barrington) showing a group of boys how to use the bat correctly. Low angle shot of the group of boys nodding their heads and listening carefully. C/U shot of the cricket bat as he demonstrates. C/U shot of his face as he talks.

    M/S of Alec Bedser signing autograph to a woman. L/S of the boys around cricketers signing autographs. C/U shot of the hand signing autograph. Cut to another cricketer, Michael Stewart, signing autographs. Several shots of the cricketers signing autographs and children looking in their books. M/S of an elderly man (the chairman of the zoo) presenting the club captain Stuart Surridge with a baby fox - a new mascot. C/U shot of the face of Mr Surridge next to the fox's face. M/S of the cricketers stroking the baby fox.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    31.09
    Media URN:
    1156
    Group:
    Colour pictorials
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    27/06/1955
    Sound:
    sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Colour
    Duration:
    00:01:39:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:18:48:00 / 01:20:27:00
    Canister:
    CP 026

Comments (3)

  1. Unknown user says

    "He is one of the famous cricketers gathered here but unclear which one (Peter May or Alec Bedser)" - it's Peter May.

    "M/S of a cricketer batting" - it's Alec Bedser.

    "M/S of a cricketer signing autograph to a woman" - it's Alec Bedser again.

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  2. Unknown user says

    THIS CLIP IS A DUPLICATE OF CLIP 3458.01

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  3. Unknown user says

    Much appreciated.

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