Summing Up No. 17 Reel 2 (1950)

Reel 2: spectators arriving for a football match. Crowds in the stands. A match. Teams not identified. Wolverhampton football club. Billy Wright is interviewed about failure in the World Cup in Rio. He talks of different style of play in Rio and air quality. Up and coming Wolves players throw a medicine ball and practice headers. Tottenham Hotspurs training. Arthur Rowe shows Spavey a kicking technique. Pan across the young hopefuls. Jock Dodds, agent for Bogota speaks about transfers. Mrs Dodds speaks of difficulties being a football wife. Everton forward Billy Higgins returns from Bogota. Mrs Higgins speaks - same theme as Mrs Dodds. Stoke City - Neil Franklin coaches young players. Manager McGrory talks of high transfer fees. Changing rooms and bath. Empty football stands. Players catch a bus. Deputation from Player’s Union goes to the Ministry of Labour. Secretary James Guthrie requests new deal for professional footballers. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OU