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  • Short Summary

    A. P. F. Chapman, cricket captain, returns home after beating Australia.

  • Description

    This is a duplicate copy of item 628.12 - check for best quality.

    Full title reads: "England's victorious captain. Mr. A. P. F. Chapman - not forgetting the mascots - has great reception in his home town".

    Cricket captain returns hope are winning the Ashes against Australia.

    Hythe, Kent.

    M/S of Chapman and a young woman (his wife?) waving from a balcony. C/U of Chapman standing behind a garden gate holding two stuffed toys - the mascots (a rabbit and a bear). C/U of Chapman, he laughs and holds up a Felix the cat doll.

    Cuts / out takes start at 01:31:42. Various shots Chapman getting out of car carrying mascots. M/S of Chapman standing in garden gateway with older woman and man (his mother and brother).

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    3444.05
    Media URN:
    93090
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    23/08/1926
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:36:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:10:26:00 / 01:11:02:00
    Canister:
    G 1322

Comments (1)

  1. jamied says

    "A. P. F. Chapman" referred to here was far better known as Percy Chapman.

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