Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Davis Cup Team Annihilated
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 7
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Davis Cup - France Beats Britain. DESCRIPTION: France win all five matches to defeat Britain in tennis’ Davis Cup. SHOTLIST: KS Elevated shot Derek Barton (Britain) v Yvon Petra (France) - singles. Various elevated shots of the above at play. Petra wears cap, Barton in shorts, cut-ins of crowds. applauding. Group shot of Destremau, Bernard, Oliff and Henry Billington, last two British. Elevated shots of doubles during play, cut-ins crowds. At end of singles there is a shot of Petra holding his daughter. End of game and handshakes.
- Keywords
- Sport; Tennis
- Locations
- Paris; Stade Roland Garros
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 46928
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 123
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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Davis Cup Team Annihilated', British Movietone News Issue No. 884A, 16 May 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13858 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)