Svengali Means Goals (1959)

Title reads: “Svengali means goals“. Gloucester, Gloucestershire. G/V crumbling concrete steps in the Gloucester City’s football ground. Various shots ramshackle ground of the Southern League team. G/V Gloucester City FC dressing rooms. Various showing hypnotist Henry Blythe hypnotising the team into playing well. C/U football crowd on terraces clapping and cheering. L/S Gloucester City running onto the pitch. Various shots football match between Gloucester City and Merthyr Tydfil. C/U Blythe and two other officials cheering on the city from edge of pitch. Fast motion shots of match. According to the narrator the hypnotism worked - the Gloucester team won the match! Note: newspaper cuttings and football programme on file. FILM ID:1591.3 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pa