Australian Tennis Champions

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1279
Date Released
7 Dec 1953
Date submitted
1 Dec 1953
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Australian Tennis Champions. DESCRIPTION: Australian tennis hopes were raised when Lewis Hoad beat the American champion Trabert, Rosewall beat Seixas also of America and together the Australian youngsters beat the American pair in the doubles. On this form, the Australians could retain the Davis Cup. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV tennis court & crowds. Lewis Hoad serves to Tony Trabert. Various shots of play. Match point to Hoad who wins. CU Hoad. Rosewall & Seixas walk onto court, Rosewall at match point serves to Seixas who fails to return a shot, Rosewall wins. The above four play off a doubles. Various shots of play after some very good play Hoad & Rosewall win. CU Rosewall & Hoad.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
Sydney; Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
60160
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
173
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Australian Tennis Champions', British Movietone News Issue No. 1279, 7 Dec 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18930 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)