Australian Rugby Championship Aka Rugby Football Final At Melbourne (1940)

Full title reads: “Australian Rugby Championship“. Melbourne, Australia. Various shots of exciting match between Collingwood and Melbourne, in which Collingwood take the lead but Melbourne the record holders make a good come back and win the match by 53 points. The ground is packed to capacity. (Dublin reel) N.B. This in fact a game of Australian Rules Football not rugby. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.