Batsmen (S)

United Kingdom, 1983

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Episode number 1 of Series “Benson and Hedges golden greats of cricket”.
A comprehensive history of the game of cricket tracing the games’ development from the early nineteenth century to the present. The first part examines the careers of the most reknowned of international cricket batsmen including W. G. Grace, George Headley, Leonard Hutton, Bradman, Kapi Dev, Clive Lloyd, Ian Botham and Viv Richards. The video uses archival and television footage from the largest cricket and/or media libraries in the world.

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Credits

producer

David Puttnam

director

Andrew Gillman

production company

Visnews Productions

Duration

01:28:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1983

Appears in

Benson and Hedges golden greats of cricket

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Benson and Hedges golden greats of cricket

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304225

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Athletes

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Bradman, Donald, Sir, 1908-

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Cricket

People → Bradman, Donald, Sir, 1908-

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Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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