Cup Heroes Home (1959)

Titles read: “NOTTINGHAM - CUP HEROES HOME“. Nottingham Forest football team come out of railway station to board their coach for drive through the city after winning the FA Cup. Captain Jack Burkitt holds up the Cup before boarding the coach. Player Roy Dwight on crutches is helped to the coach. Coach with escort leaves station with the team seated on the roof and Jack Burkitt holding the cup. Various shots as the coach travels past the huge, waving crowd. Mounted police clear the road for the coach. Elevated shot, looking down on mass crowds assembled outside “Council House“. In distance a bus is jammed in the enormous crowd. Jack Burkitt holding the Cup walks towards Council House. Roy Dwight in wheelchair going past. General view of mass crowds outside the Council House cheering and throwing balloons. We see the team on the balcony, Jack Burkitt with the cup. View looking from behind the team out onto the crowds below. Zoom shot from team on the balcony to L/S of crowds cheering ou
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