World Cup Final 1966
Standard 8mm film Colour Silent 30/07/1966 4:06
Summary: Amateur coverage of the World Cup Final 1966
Title number: 21002
LSA ID: LSA/27564
Description: Title Card: Fred Platell presents... The Final of the World Cup... Filmed at Wembley Stadium Stadium July 30th 1966
opening shot of England rosette made from red and white ribbon, shots of the Wembley towers with flags flying. Cars are packed into a car park outside. Woman in coat and headscarf stands next to a sales display of rosettes propped up against a lamppost. A man in a peaked cap is selling programmes. Another stand is selling small replicas of the world cup for 4 shillings. The price is also marked on a German language sign. Another vendor has Union Flags for sale. We see a ticket tout in the crowd selling a ticket. the crowds continue to arrive and take their seats inside the Stadium. Flags are waving as the teams come out onto the pitch. the teams line up on the pitch as presumably the National Anthems are played, intercut with the crowd. The match begins and the filmmaker follows the action on the pitch, including a foul on one player and a throw in. The score board is shown: England 1 Germany W. 1. A short section of the match followed by a cut back to the score board: England 2 Germany W. 1. More crowd shots and action on the pitch with another shot of the final score board England 4 Germany W. 1! The crowd celebrate then we see a shot of the team going up to collect the trophy from quite a distance. The team are on the pitch holding up the World Cup Trophy surrounded by press and we see a shot of the jubilant crowd waving flags. IT The End.
Credits: Platell, Fred (Filmmaker)
Further information: Digitisation funded by Noah Media Group.
The final, held at Wembley Stadium, was the last to be broadcast in black and white, and 98,000 people attended. After 12 minutes 32 seconds Helmut Haller put West Germany ahead, but the score was levelled by Geoff Hurst four minutes later. Martin Peters put England in the lead in the 78th minute; England looked set to claim the title when the referee awarded a free kick to West Germany with one minute left. The ball was launched goalward and Wolfgang Weber scored, with England appealing in vain for handball as the ball came through the crowded penalty area.
With the score level at 2–2 at the end of 90 minutes, the game went to extra time. In the 98th minute, Hurst found himself on the scoresheet again; his shot hit the crossbar, bounced down onto the goal line, and was awarded as a goal. Debate has long raged over whether the ball crossed the line, with the goal becoming part of World Cup history. England's final goal was scored by Hurst again, as a celebratory pitch invasion began. This made Geoff Hurst the only player ever to have scored three times in a single World Cup final. BBC commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme's description of the match's closing moments has gone down in history: "Some people are on the pitch. They think it's all over ... [Hurst scores] It is now!".
Keywords: football; Wembley stadium; World Cup
Locations: Wembley Stadium
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