Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Wimbledon Sidelights

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
891
Date Released
1 Jul 1946
Date submitted
28 Jun 1946
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wimbledon - Kramer, Segura, Brown (Usa). DESCRIPTION: Jack Kramer defeats Avory and Pancho Segura has a disappointing match when he loses to Brown. SHOTLIST: KS Crowd SV watching play. MS & SCU Jack Kramer serving and in play against Avory, Kramer still wears a glove. Shots of Kramer running out of tennis courts onto heath, when he did a sprint. Pancho Segura (Ecuador) in play against Thomas Brown (USA). Various angle shots of him serving and receiving, also CU back view of him serving and placing odd ball in his pocket. Various shots of Segura being outplayed by Brown. Cut-ins of crowds watching. CU Alice Marble and Pauline Betz watching play. Segura plays on, shirt hanging out, Segura runs up to Brown to shake him by the hand for winning. Brown won, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Sport; Tennis
Locations
Wimbledon
Card file number
47141
Credits:
Camera
David Prosser
Camera
J. L. Ramsden
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
134
Story extras:

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Wimbledon Sidelights', British Movietone News Issue No. 891, 1 Jul 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13915 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)