Table Tennis Finals

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1191A

Date Released

3 Apr 1952

Date submitted

31 Mar 1952

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: English Table Tennis Championships. DESCRIPTION: Diane and Rosalind Rowe were again successful in the women’s Doubles final of the English Table Tennis Championships at Wembley. In the Men’s Singles Final, Richard Bergmann beat Johnny Leach. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. MS table tennis comp. pairs championships - Twins Diane & Rosalind Rowe playing against Peggy Franks & Joyce Roberts. Various shots during the game. Twins win. Men’s singles championships - Johnny Leach against Richard Bergmann. General play. CU Leach in play. General play. CU Bergmann in play. Bergmann wins. Bergmann receives trophy from Miss Florence Horsburgh.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland, Liverpool, Newcastle, Manchester or Leeds.

Keywords

Sport; Politics and government; Ceremonies

Locations

London; England; Wembley

Card file number

56998

Credits:

Camera: George Richardson
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

150

Story extras:

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