What is the earliest existing film footage of a football match, shot for the entire duration of the game, not just fragments and highlights ?
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Are you asking about when a game was first fully broadcasted (live)? Or when a game was completely filmed for the first time?– Don_BigliaSep 26, 2016 at 8:04
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Regarding oldest footage:
"Blackburn and West Brom feature in oldest footage of a football match dating from 1898"
But there's no mention whether Arthur Cheetham filmed the whole match or just parts of it.
Source: The Daily Mail
Live broadcasting:
"In October 1946, the first live televised football match was broadcast by the BBC from Underhill. Twenty minutes of the game against Wealdstone were televised in the first half and thirty five minutes of the second half before it became too dark."
Source: Wikipedia
During the World Cup 1954 the first international match was broadcasted (Austria - Scotland, with Austria winning 1:0).
The final match between Germany and Hungary was broadcasted as well (Germany winning 3:2), but not much of the footage is still in existence today.
Other than that, it's really hard to find anything about when the first whole match has been recorded on tape. I also doubt that the footage still exists.
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1And what is the earliest known surviving complete film footage ? Sep 26, 2016 at 11:07
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@SprotzRobert: That I don't know and I haven't found any sources to this. My best guess would be the WC final of 1958, heh.– wakaSep 26, 2016 at 13:43