Cricket Fades Out (1926)

Full title reads: “Everywhere. Cricket fades out and football - to joy of soccer fans - begins“. Location of events is unknown. L/S of cricket players walking off cricket pitch at end of a match. Iris out from black. M/S of a football team walking out of tunnel onto football pitch. M/S of another team coming onto pitch. L/S of kick off. Various shots of a football game. A goal is scored by team in light coloured kit, pan to show cheering crowds on terraces. The identity of the teams playing is unknown. Note: print transferred has high contrast and appears dark in places. AH 2000. 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 (1910-19