Ping-Pong Perfection

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
689
Date Released
7 Mar 1968
Date recorded
8 Feb 1968
Length of issue (in feet)
694
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
Pathe synopsis: Champion table tennis player, Stuart Gibbs, tries his skill against a robot that can beat man at one of his own games. It’s an automatic table-tennis server that sprays out a hail of near-unbeatable balls.
Keywords
Sport
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
Wilfrid Thomas
Length of story (in feet)
83
Story extras:
Film clip

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How to cite this record

'Ping-Pong Perfection', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 689, 7 Mar 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121974 (Accessed 17 Jul 2025)