Tennis Championship

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
40/70
Date Released
29 Aug 1940
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1A Thrilling Adventure
  2. 2Epic Story of a Submarine
  3. 3A Matter of Figures
  4. 4A Workman and His Mate
  5. 5Congratulations to the AA
  6. 6The King Visits the French Army
  7. 7Air Raid Victim
  8. *Tennis Championship
  9. *Soap Box Derby
  10. *Almost Human - Chimpanzees
  11. *Hambletonian Trotting Race
  12. *Down in Dixie - Floods

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Story

Summary
In the Eastern Tennis Championships at New York, Alice Marble beats Helen Jacobs, winning for the third year. In the Men’s Final Bobby Riggs against Donald McNeal. Riggs takes the first set, but in the second McNeal fights back and takes the second set, but by the fourth Riggs is back on top and wins the title for the fourth time in a row.
Local distribution only
Dublin release only
Keywords
Tennis
Locations
New York
Length of story (in feet)
103
Story extras:
Film clip
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