Sport - Great Britain’s Davis Cup Failure

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1041A

Date Released

19 May 1949

Date submitted

13 May 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1London’s Crusade
2. 2Royal Windsor Horse Show
3. 3A Surprise for Bob Stirling
4. 4Flying Marines
5. 5Princess Visits Historical Ruins
6. 6Sport - Great Britain’s Davis Cup Failure
7. 7Sport - Sportsman of the Year
8. 8Mrs Pandit Arrives
9. 9Stanley Holloway - Young Albert’s Creator Arrives in Sydney

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Davis Cup. DESCRIPTION: Britain failed badly in the Davies Cup, Drobny beat Mottram and Cernik beat Paish in the Singles at Wimbledon. SHOTLIST: KS. Pan from tennis court to crowds. Tony Mottram & Drobny walk onto court, into camera. Jaroslav Drobny serves left-handed. General play. Cut-ins crowd following ball from right to left & vice versa. Cut-in Fred Perry in audience watching game. Cernik & Geoffrey Paish onto court. Paish serves, cut-in Drobny side of court watching. Cernik wins games.

Keywords

Sport; Tennis

Locations

Wimbledon

Card file number

51952

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Camera

Martin Gray

Length of story (in feet)

126

Story extras:

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