Tabor Ball Championships

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2291A
Date Released
3 May 1973
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1New Forest Pony Sale
  2. 2Auto Plane
  3. 3Friendly Fish
  4. 4Tabor Ball Championships
  5. 5Bobby Charlton Retires

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tabor Ball Championships. DESCRIPTION: Tabor Ball Championships held in South West France, Tabor Ball is a game which originated in Italy & is played with 5 men aside hitting a tough ball with long handled bats on a field over 100 yards long and about 20 yards wide. SHOTLIST: GV Tabor Ball game court, zoom out to LS. SV crowds watching. SV man about to hit ball with bat zoom into game underway. SV single man hitting ball with round table tennis bat. SV referee blowing whistle. SV man hitting ball into court. LV Tabor Ball pitch zoom in to players zoom out, 4 SVs man hitting ball into court, pan to court, single man hitting ball, zoom out, men waiting for ball, man hitting ball. SV crowds watching. SV man hitting ball. SV pan zoom from one end of court to other. SV crowds in benches watching.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
France
Footage sources
France
Card file number
98473
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
96
Story extras:
Film clip

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