Australia Wins Davis Cup

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

536A

Date Released

14 Sep 1939

Date submitted

11 Sep 1939

Date submitted

12 Sep 1939

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Australia Wins Davis Cup
2. 2America’s View by Roosevelt
3. 3Cinemas Again
4. 4Football Also Starts
5. 5Girls Take over the Land
6. 6The Children’s New Homes
7. 7Lessons by the Briny
8. 8Duchess of Kent Makes Splints
9. 9The Queen and Red Cross
10. 10Their Majesties at ARP Posts

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 10

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Australian and US Davis Cup Teams. DESCRIPTION: Australia defeat the USA. SHOTLIST: Quist and Bromwich of Australia defeat Hunt and Kramer, in the doubles final. In the singles, Quist defeats Riggs and Bromwich defeats Parker. Long elevated shots of the play. The players looking at Davis Cup.

Keywords

Sport; Tennis

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

37394

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

78

Story extras:

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