Wimbledon Fancies Fall by Wayside

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1152A
Date Released
5 Jul 1951
Date submitted
3 Jul 1951
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Keenan Wins Gory Title Fight
  2. 2Barge Race Slowed by Lack of Breeze
  3. 3Grain for Indian Famine Areas
  4. 4Foreign Secretary Seeks Recreation at Festival
  5. 5Open Golfers Qualify
  6. 6Wimbledon Fancies Fall by Wayside
  7. *Scotland Exhibits Her Living Traditions
  8. *Princess Margaret at Doncaster

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wimbledon Fancies Fall By Wayside. DESCRIPTION: Queen Mary, Mr and Mrs Attlee and the Lord Mayor of London were among the many distinguished visitors gathered at Wimbledon. They saw many surprise results - Amando Vieira of Brazil beat Ham Richardson, Richard Savitt beat his fellow American (seeded number three) Art Larsen and Frank Sedgman (number one seed) beaten by 22 year old American Herbert Flam. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Montage crowds & players. GV grounds of Wimbledon. Several shots in tea gardens. GV girls doubles. CU tilt down Miss B Baker to her brief shorts. Miss Chaffee in play. CU holding out pleats of her skirt, shows her initials on same. MS Mr & Mrs Attlee watching. CU Mottram receiving. Back view Lennart Bergelin receiving. GV Tony Mottram serving & rally, Mottram lobbing ball behind base line. SCU Queen Mary seated next to Lewis Douglas. Ham Richardson & Amando Vieira bow to Royalty. MS Richardson placing lumps of sugar & insulin on umpires seat, takes a lump. SCU Richardson in play running from one side of baseline to other several times. GV play Vieira plays winning shot, jumps net & both walk off court. Lord Mayor of London & wife watching. CU Richard Savitt receiving. CU Art Larsen in play. GV of play & finishing shot. CU Sedgman receiving. CU Herb Flam playing. GV of play & last shot where Frank Sedgman falls over, runs up to net & shakes hands, walk off court together. Cut-in crowds turning heads watching play.
Keywords
Royalty; Sport; Politics and government; Health and medicine; Food and cooking; Women; Tennis; Local government; Fashion and costume
Card file number
55711
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
230
Story extras:
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