Borotra Brings off Great Tennis Coup

Series

Series Name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

131

Date Released

2 Aug 1932

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Body of Royal Exile to Lie in Native Soil
2. 2Borotra Brings off Great Tennis Coup
3. 3Dirt Track Gingers Up Motor Racing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Borotra Brings Off Great Tennis Coup. DESCRIPTION: In Davis Cup Challenge Round at Paris, French veteran beats Ellsworth Vines (US) in four sets. SHOTLIST: Elevated shot of the two shaking hands. Pressmen taking photographs of same. Elevated shot of play. Long panning shot of the crowd. Close shot of the various players. Game finishes and they run up to the net and shake hands. Walk to umpire stand. Elevated long shot of crowd cheering.

Keywords

Sport; Mass media; Tennis

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1934

Length of story (in feet)

128

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