Tribute To Len Hutton (1956)

Cafe Royal, Piccadilly, London. GV. Night, Piccadilly Circus. SCU. Cricketer Alec Bedser coming into room being greeted by a person (don’t know name) and then by Billy Butlin. SCU. Tommy Trinder coming in and is greeted, then goes down on his hands and knees patting the ground with his hands - gets up and shakes hands with Billy Butlin. SCU. Douglas Bader who has arrived - Charles Forte, Chairman of the National Sporting Club Committee, is here talking to Mr Butlin and other person - coming into camera into full CU. SCU. Len Hutton coming in - shakes hands with a man and then with Mr Butlin. He then stands and talks to them - Forte is also with Butlin. SCU. Group of sportsmen standing talking with drinks in hand. In the group are Jim Laker, Bill Edrich, Leslie Ames and G. O. Allen - not sure about this being the correct order. SCU. Denis Compton - panning to Robins. SCU. Group, Bader, Herbert Sutcliffe, Hutton, camera pans left bringing in Jack Buchanan. GV. The sporting celebrities all standing around.