The Sporting Scene: Wimbledon Opens

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1359A
Date Released
23 Jun 1955
Date submitted
21 Jun 1955
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 9
Section Title
The Sporting Scene
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wimbledon Tennis Opens. DESCRIPTION: Lawn Tennis at Wimbledon - a sporting and social occasion rolled into one. Drobny, the men’s singles holder won easily in his first match. Mottram of Great Britain defeated Gardner Mulloy of the USA. SHOTLIST: GV Pan shot through trees to GV of teas at Wimbledon. CU of hats. CU of skirt pan up to wearer. Mrs T Trabert, Lew Hoad and Mrs Hoad arrive. Little Mo Connolly with pencil. Jaroslav Drobny and R Buser walk onto court. CU of Drobny. GVs of the Drobny V Buser match. Shake hands after match. CU of Mrs Hoad watching. Gardner Mulloy and Tony Mottram match. Crowd shots. Mottram and Mulloy walk off after game.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Sport; Tennis
Locations
Wimbledon
Card file number
63867
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Soundman
George E. Collings
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
120
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Sporting Scene: Wimbledon Opens', British Movietone News Issue No. 1359A, 23 Jun 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20153 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)