Sport: Tennis - Wimbledon Opens

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1307A

Date Released

24 Jun 1954

Date Other

Jun 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Sport: Soccer - England’s Progress in World Cup
2. 2Sport: Rowing - Russians at Henley
3. 3Sport: Tennis - Wimbledon Opens
4. 4News Briefs: Berlin Riots
5. 5News Briefs: Moscow’s May Day
6. 6News Briefs: Film Chiefs Meet
7. 7By the Way: Truman Strikes a Note
8. 8By the Way: Chinchilla
9. 9By the Way: A Fishy Tale
10. 10The Duke in Paris
11. *Scotland V Austria

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 10

Section Title

Sport

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wimbledon Opens. DESCRIPTION: The Wimbledon fortnight has begun and the first match on the Centre Court, by tradition, was between Victor Seixas, the holder, and Cass of Great Britain. SHOTLIST: Cut story - GV people queuing. GV Wimbledon. Victor Seixas & Trabert arrive. Lew Hoad arrives. GV courts. Cut-ins crowds. Seixas and Geoffrey Cass onto court. Various shots of the game, Seixas winning straight sets.

Keywords

Sport

Locations

Wimbledon

Card file number

61275

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Peter Brown

Length of story (in feet)

75

Story extras:

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