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Sport: Davis Cup - Final Scenes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1285
Date Released
18 Jan 1954
Date submitted
5 Jan 1954
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Avalanche
  2. 2Further Scenes of Royal Tour
  3. 3News Briefs: Kenya
  4. 4News Briefs: Herriot Retires
  5. 5News Briefs: Locos for Nigeria
  6. 6News Briefs: Film Award
  7. 7News Briefs: Himalayan Adventure
  8. 8Sport: Davis Cup - Final Scenes
  9. 9Sport: Downhill Race

Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 9
Section Title
Sport
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sport - Davis Cup - Final Scenes. DESCRIPTION: In Melbourne, Australia retained the Davis Cup for the fourth consecutive year. The heroes of the series were Hoad and Rosewall, who, at nineteen, had never played in the Cup before. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Various shots of match played between Rosewall and Seixas. Rosewall wins to clinch Davis Cup for Australia. Spectators go wild, throw cushions etc. onto court. Winning team including Hoad and Rosewall round the Davis Cup. SCU with Cup in fore.
Keywords
Sport; Tennis; Celebrations and festivals; Youth
Locations
Melbourne
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
60314
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
116
Story extras:

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