Wimbledon Opens

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1203A
Date Released
26 Jun 1952
Date Other
Jun 1952
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wimbledon Opens. DESCRIPTION: World-famous Wimbledon is open again and what a draw this great meeting is. Everyone wants to see the tennis personalities arrive and there were plenty of stars there for the first day. Two seeded players were knocked out - Larsen (USA) was beaten by Johansson of Sweden and Ham Richardson lost to Ampon (Philippines). SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Crowd shot. Crowds. In the grounds, Mrs Weiss, Susan Partridge, Pat Todd, Frank Sedgman, Geoffrey Paish, & Drobny. Savitt on centre court versus Kumar (India). Match point win for Savitt. Larsen walks off court having been beaten by Johansson (Sweden), two walk off court. Ham Richardson & Ampon, in play, Ampon small in stature, beats Ham Richardson over six feet tall. Couple walk off.
Keywords
Sport
Card file number
57399
Credits:
Camera
George Richardson
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
137
Story extras:
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'Wimbledon Opens', British Movietone News Issue No. 1203A, 26 Jun 1952. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17880 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)