Davis Cup - Aussies Win Again

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Series Name: British Movietone News

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Issue No.

1700A

Date Released

4 Jan 1962

Date submitted

1 Jan 1962

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3 / 4

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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Davis Cup. DESCRIPTION: The temperature was in the upper nineties during the Davis Cup Challenge Round in Melbourne. Our pictures show just two of the five Australian wins that gave them the Davis Cup once more, Orlando Sirola (Italy) and Rod Laver, Roy Emerson and Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy) in their singles match. The cup was presented by the Governor General, Lord de L’Isle VC. SHOTLIST: Title scene. GV crowds. CU crowd (2 shots). MS Sirola and Laver walk out. CU crowd clap. GV Laver serves and wins point. GV crowd. MS Laver sponging neck. GV Sirola serves - game and match point Laver and Sirola shake hands at net. CU Pietrangeli and Emerson onto court. CU crowd. GV Pietrangeli serves - point to Emerson. GV crowd. GV Pietrangeli serves point to Emerson. MS Emerson serves an ace. MS crowd. GV Emerson serves and wins point and match. MS players shake hands. CU crowd clap. Cup presentation (2 shots).

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Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

192

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