Topical Budget: Cheers Echo Around the Land (Topical Budget)
ProRes digital file Black & White Mute 1925 1:37
Summary: London welcomes the football season.
Title number: 19782
LSA ID: LSA/26225
Description: First it’s Chelsea vs Bradford in the Second Division at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea won 2-0 and the camera captures a goal, as well as one hilarious miss-kick. Next it’s Highbury where Arsenal face Spurs in front of 53,000 – including a couple of women (or “more women fans than ever”, as the enthusiastic caption writer puts it). Spurs won 1-0 but the focus is Arsenal’s big money (“Ј100 a goal”) star Charlie Buchan.
Further information: Topical Budget (1911-1931) was one of three major British newsreels of the silent era, its main rivals being Gaumont Graphic and Pathé Gazette. Produced by William Jeapes' Topical Film Company, its first issue was released in September 1911. Of several newsreels on the market in this early period, by the middle of the First World War only three survived: Topical, Pathé and Gaumont.
Keywords: Sport; Stadiums; football; supporters
In galleries: The Beautiful Game
Locations: Stamford Bridge, West London & Highbury, North London
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