| Crowds Cheering; Storming Fiel | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6243 |
| Catalog #: | 368966 | |
| Clip Number: | 368966-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON395G | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Wembley; England | |
| Year Shot: | 1923 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Spectators, Sports LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | Huge crowds of spectators- -nearly all male- -at football (soccer) cup final match held at the brand new Wembley Stadium; 1923. (Another newsreel company; Topical Budget; had exclusive rights to film this event; but obviously Pathe smuggled a camera into the stadium.) Great cheering crowd shots. Opens w/ shot of cheering crowd; covering nearly entire screen. Closer shots of people cheering and waving. Someone holds up puppet on a stick. Pan on lots of men & boys.waving hats. MS sportswriters(?)seated in front row & scribbling w/ pencils; w/ more cheering young men behind them. Shot from stands; looking over people's heads at masses and masses of people; spilling out of the stands and swarming onto the playing field. MS 3 men talking & laughing; one holds a giant "hammer" (quite possibly a smuggled Pathe camera is hidden inside! Crowds walking. Good aerial shot over football stadium.Celebration; sports fans. | |
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