Cricket Heroes In Action / Meeting Prince Of Wales (1925)

Check canister number - two items share number. Cricket stars of 1925. Title frame Bertie Oldfield. . First wicket-keeper and splendid fighting batsman. Shot of Bertie at bat. Then swings again; in slow motion. Next we see Bertie in slow motion behind the wicket; catching ball and throwing it. CU Oldfield talking to someone. Next; another cricketeer; Stork Hendry. . CU man laughing. Then in action batting. Next; Jack Ellis Claimed by some to equal Oldfield. CU; then brief shot by wicket.(Title frame for another player but film is cut off; jump ahead to :shot of Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII; then Duke of Windsor) coming down steps out of brick building; past crowd. Prince and others walk past crowds in stands. Prince etc. w/ cricket players on field. Cataloguer’s note: a small part of this item is included in VARIOUS PRINCE OF WALES (aka PRINCE OF WALES RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE, 1921) in ON 284 A on *PM2382* - EB 2002. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHA