1 film, The Summer Game. The film is about the development of cricket from the seventeenth century, with footage from cricket at village, first-class and Test levels. Includes footage of spectators putting up their umbrellas during a rain delay, examples of flooded outfields, footage of a match between L.B.C.C. and East Barnet Valley, village cricket, the Bat and Ball Inn at Hambledon, the history of the stumps, the foundation of MCC and Thomas Lord's involvement in cricket, the history of early cricket tours, footage of W G Grace, K S Ranjitsinhji and V T Trumper playing cricket, footage of soldiers in the trenches during the First World War, footage of Jack Hobbs playing cricket, footage of D G Bradman batting and the Bodyline series between England and Australia in 1932-1933, footage of cricket being delayed by cows and sheepdogs, footage of D C S Compton, Len Hutton, F S Trueman, Colin Milburn and West Indian cricketers such as Learie Constantine and G S Sobers, footage of a John Player's League match in 1969 and young children playing cricket in the street. The film was produced with assistance from MCC and the Test and County Cricket Board.
Credits: Research - Shirley Cobham, Based on a treatment by Peter Mills and Shirley Cobham, Commentary written and spoken by Rene Cutforth, Quotations from Blunden and poems read by Hamilton Dyce, Photography - Gordon Lang, Martin Hanley, Editor - Cyril Roth, Dubbing Mixer - Trevor Pyke, Co-ordinator - Shirley Cobham, Production - Peter Mills and Stephanie Tennant. A Random Production at A B Pathe. A National Benzole Film.
The film is in colour and includes audio.
