Relaying Jo’burg’s Cricket News In A Nutshell (1935)

This is a duplicate of item - check for best quality. Re-laying cricket ground. Originally part of News in a Nutshell. Johannesburg, South Africa. Various shots of tractor pulling plough across a sports ground. The earth is being churned up in preparation for a turf pitch to play cricket on. Until now matches have been played on matting or on hard wickets. 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.
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