C/U cricketer Len Hutton holding "Sportsman of the Year" trophy cup. Panning L/S crowded reception room. C/U Mr. and Mrs. Denis Compton (cricketer / footballer) arriving. M/S Bedser twins...
C/U cricketer Len Hutton holding "Sportsman of the Year" trophy cup. Panning L/S crowded reception room. C/U Mr. and Mrs. Denis Compton (cricketer / footballer) arriving. M/S Bedser twins arriving (Alec Bedser, Eric Bedser - cricketers). C/U cricketer Jack Hobbs. M/S champion racing motorcyclist Geoff Duke arriving. M/S guests applauding. C/U Lord Burghley presenting cup to Len Hutton. C/U Lord Burghley (Chairman of the Organising Committee of the XLVth Olympiad) and Len Hutton holding cup. C/U cup pan up to Len Hutton. M/S Hutton holding trophy. C/U trophy. M/S two unknown personalities arriving. M/S boxer Freddie Mills arriving. M/S radio and television personality Gilbert Harding arriving. M/S skating champion Valda Osborne arriving. M/S Lord and Lady Burghley arriving, received by A.C. Drayton. M/S Hutton with cup.
Note: item is mostly mute except for burst of applause when Hutton receives award.
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The ceremony seen here is for the 1952 "Sportsman of the Year", resulting from a national ballot by the magazine "Sporting Record". The ceremony was held in February 1953.
"M/S two unknown personalities arriving" - the first of the two, arriving at 0:50 is Stirling Moss.
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The ceremony seen here is for the 1952 "Sportsman of the Year", resulting from a national ballot by the magazine "Sporting Record". The ceremony was held in February 1953.
"M/S two unknown personalities arriving" - the first of the two, arriving at 0:50 is Stirling Moss.