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On the Ball

Series

Series Name
Ingot Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
19
Date Released
May 1954
Length of issue (in feet)
1826
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Record Arrival
  2. 2Rugged Rugger
  3. 3The Way Ahead
  4. 4Tasty Tin for Supper
  5. 5Matter of Form
  6. 6On the Ball

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
NFA synopsis: Ebbw Vale boy, Donald Norris, is table tennis international. Some shots of real tennis being played. Roy Evans (Secretary of the Welsh Table Tennis Association) coaches Welsh juniors and the last game of the England-Wales junior match, followed by an exhibition game between Welsh players John Davis and Donald Norris.
Keywords
Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Tennis; Competitions; Youth
Written sources
National Film Archive Catalogue   Used for synopsis
Film User   Vol.8 No.94 August 1954, p390.
Credits:
Cutter
Derrick A. Gladwell
Producer
E. P. Moyna
Commentator
Eamonn Andrews
Sponsor
Richard Thomas and Baldwins Group
Sponsor
Steel Company of Wales
Production Co.
Verity Films Ltd.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Web
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Phone
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Fax
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Address
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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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