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Football Story

Name: Football Story
Duration: 15 min

1953 | 15 min

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This short documentary from the On the Spot series - “National Film Board’s up-to-the-minute report of what’s happening somewhere in Canada” – invites us to visit the Edmonton Eskimos football team on their home ground. Host Fred Davis introduce us to some of the team’s key players and interviews its 28-year-old coach, Darrell Royal, a firm believer in the use of moving pictures in the coaching of modern football.

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Credits

producer

Bernard Devlin
camera

John Foster
host

Fred Davis

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