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Great Britain Retains Davis Cup

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
269A
Date Released
2 Aug 1934
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Dr Dollfuss is Laid to Rest at Vienna Mourns
  2. 2Great Britain Retains Davis Cup
  3. 3Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Their Majesties go aboard the Royal Yacht ‘Victoria and Albert’, at Portsmouth for Cowes Regatta
  4. 4Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Goodwood - Stewards Cup Day
  5. 5Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Ypres - New belfry is opened

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Great Britain Retains Davis Cup. DESCRIPTION: At Wimbledon, Perry beats Shields and Austin beats Wood. SHOTLIST: HW Austin v Shields. America Elevated shot of play. Elevated shot of spectators. Close shot of Austin serving. Close shots playing. Other elevated shots of play. Austin dons cap and drinks refreshment. Other shots of play. Close shots of Shields serving. Close shots and others of play. Play over. Perry v Wood (USA) Perry and Wood enter onto the court. Elevated shot of play. Ballboy gets ball from court. Elevated shot of play. Various elevated shots of play. Elevated shots of crowd panning round. Pan from play to crowd. Other shots of play. The pair walk off. Play shots. Perry wins and shakes hands with Wood. Perry drinks refreshment. Perry also Beats Shields so the Cup is still ours. The pair walk onto the court. Shot of racquet spinning onto ground. Close shot of the pair. Close shots of the services and play. Elevated shots of play. Crowds. Good rally shot. Princess Helena Victoria presents the cup to Mr Roper Barrett. The captain.
Keywords
Royalty; Sport; Food and cooking; Tennis; Ceremonies
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
3051
Length of story (in feet)
497
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