Learning on ScreenWimbledon
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Wimbledon, the most famous tennis tournament in the world is also the oldest, and this year sees its 100th anniversary. In those hundred years, the All-England Club at Wimbledon has seen lawn tennis grow from an adjunct to crocquet to one of the most popular sports in the world. So just before the centenary championships opened, Maggie Palmer went on a tour of the famous courts. She found that play has certainly changed since twenty-two men battled out the first-ever tournament in 1877, but that the care lavished on the turf plainly shows a centenary of experience.
- Researcher Comments
- Uses footage from the BBC, Visnews and Pathe featuring various players past and present, including Borg, Nastase, Laver, Newcombe, Connors, Rosewall, Lienglen, Ryan, Smith and Brough, and has an interview with head groundsman, Jack Yardley. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version.
- Keywords
- Sport; Organisations; Buildings and structures; Tennis; Competitions
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/966
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Lilliana Velasco
- Presenter
- Maggie Palmer
- Cutter
- Mike Willcox
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- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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