| CRICKET 1825 - 1925 Bishop's Stortford Cricket Club celebrates centenary with match from olden days. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5315 |
| Catalog #: | 319720 | |
| Clip Number: | 319720-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1205 | |
| Timecode: | 01:46:49 - 01:48:48 | |
| Location: | Bishops' Stortford, Hertfordshire | |
| Year Shot: | 1925 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FASHION: Historical (Pre 1900) HISTORICAL RECREATIONS: 19th Century (1800) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Hertfordshire SPORTS/CRICKET: Misc | |
| Description: | "Cricket 1825-1925" interesting footage of celebrating cricket's centenary in Bishop's Stortford. Old fashioned coach-and-four, people in costumes of 1820s, including tophatted men in walrus moustaches standing in to bat. Town Cricket Club celebrates centenary with old time match. Bishops' Stortford, Hertfordshire. M/S as a coach and horses drives past a hotel with the cricket team on the back, they wave their hats as they pass. M/S of women in crinolines and bonnets, and men in waistcoats and top hats. M/S as players are helped down from the coach. M/S as the camera pans across the players. M/S as two men take snuff as they walk down a line of ladies who curtsey, various other players pass. M/S as one man prepares to bat, various shots as they bat, the camera pans over the fielders. They are still wearing their old fashioned clothes and top hats. | |
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