Director: Thorold Dickinson
Release Date: November 1939
On 5 May 1939 the Advertiser and Gazette reported that filming for “The Arsenal Stadium Mystery” will begin ‘to-morrow [when] the cameras will go into action at Highbury. They will be covering the Arsenal-Brentford match. Studio scenes will not begin yet, but advantage is being taken of the co-operation of the Arsenal and Brentford to shoot an important sequence of exteriors.’ The Acton Gazette and West London Post, 19 May 1939, added that ‘They tell us the cost of setting up ten cameras at Highbury on Saturday [6 May] to film the Arsenal-Brentford match was over £700. And they also say that 26 minutes of sunshine made it all worth while. Otherwise it would have been wasted.’
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A newsreel within the film shows a match being played at Chelsea's football ground at Stamford Bridge.
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Pre-game music in playing in front of Arsenal's East Stand with the houses in Avenell Road, north of Elwood Road, in the distance.
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The southern end of Arsenal Stadium. the houses in Avenell Road are just north of Elphistone Street.
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The southern end of Arsenal Stadium and the view into Avenell Road. The taller buildings are Avenell Mansions.
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A practice area at Arsenal Stadium with the backs of houses on Highbury Hill.
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The southern end of Arsenal Stadium with Avenell Mansions the taller buildings to the left.