The Cup Final (1957)

Wembley Stadium, London. Start of the FA (Football Association) Cup final football match between Aston Villa and Manchester United. GV. Wide angle shot of Wembley Stadium with teams coming onto field. SV. Towards, the two teams led by their managers. GV. Crowd, all waving programmes. SV. Captain of Aston Villa, Johnny Dixon, spins the coin and decides to kick from right to left. SCU. Pathe News camera - zoom with Ced Baynes operating it. GV. Manchester United kick off dressed all in white, kicking from left to right. Manchester send a long ball out towards the right wing. CU. Young boy in crowd dressed in football gear - Villa mascot. SV. Towards, Johnny Berry beats his man and starts to work his way inside, then pushes it out to the right to Tommy Taylor. Taylor cottons onto it but goalkeeper Nigel Sims dives at his feet to save a nasty situation for the Villa. He clears away. LV. Villa back runs with the ball and sends one across just outside the Manchester area. LV. Zoom in as Villa man kicks it out t
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