Chessington Cricket 1955

Star Item

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....

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
1156
Sort Number:
CP 026
Time in/Out:
01:18:48:00 / 01:20:27:00
Canister:
CP 026
Film ID:
31.09
Issue Date:
27/06/1955

Comments (3)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

  • "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.

    jamied 2nd May 2012
  • THIS CLIP IS A DUPLICATE OF CLIP 3458.01

    jamied 2nd May 2012
  • Much appreciated.

    British Pathé 23rd May 2012

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Adrenaline seekers from the past have left an indelible mark on the Pathe archive. Some were so dangerous they even lost their lives. Here are 10 top daredevils.
daredevil
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
Animals Male And Female

Animals Male And Female

Male superiority in animal world - male animals prettier then their female counterparts - claims the film.

Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 446 - Milkman Vicar, Zoo Vet And Steam Engine Collection

Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 446 - Milkman Vicar, Zoo Vet And Steam Engine Collection

Out takes (rushes, cuts) for stories featured in CP 446.

Rubber Masks

Rubber Masks

Mr Dyke Richens makes rubber masks in his spare time.

Bimbo Capture

Bimbo Capture

Bimbo the Rhesus monkey is recaptured after 204 days on the run. Chessington zoo, Surrey.

Girl Living With Orang-Utans

Girl Living With Orang-Utans

Biology student Barbara Burr studies two orang-utans in their enclosure at Chessington Zoo.

Lion Cubs

Lion Cubs

The penguins pay a visit to the new lion cubs at Chessington zoo, London.

Wolf Cubs

Wolf Cubs

New wolf cubs are found in their tunnel and weighed at Chessington zoo, Surrey.

Chessington Zoo

Chessington Zoo

Elephant and tiger at Chessington Zoo.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler