Wimbledon Opens

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1568A
Date Released
25 Jun 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wimbledon Opens. DESCRIPTION: It began with bright, hot sunshine and keen competition. An international galaxy of players included Russians and Yugoslavs, and Kurt Nielsen of Denmark, twice a Wimbledon finalist. The Championships were first held over 80 years ago. We recall the leisurely tennis of long ago when the Camden Lawn Tennis Club in London celebrated their 75th anniversary. In those days, etiquette was more important than the game. How different today, with the tense exhausting drama of top-line tennis. The Duchess of Kent saw Neale Fraser of Australia beat Pierre Damon of France in the opening centre court encounter. Another personality was Olmedo of the United States, the new Wimbledon favourite. SHOTLIST: GV crowds (key). GV crowds. CU girls (3). Pan same. CU same (2). MS players arrive. MS Yugoslav players. Pan CU Nielsen (Denmark). LS people sitting in sun. MS same. CU eating strawberries and cream. MS same. CU same. CU girl eating. GV game of period tennis. MS girl serves. MS woman serves. GV game. CU man serves. MS woman serves underhand. Damon (France) and Fraser (Australia) enter centre court. MS royal box - Duchess of Kent. MS Damon playing. GV crowd. High angle - Olmedo (USA) playing.
Keywords
Sport; Food and cooking
Locations
England
Card file number
77480
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
John Davies
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
125
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Wimbledon Opens', British Movietone News Issue No. 1568A, 25 Jun 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23084 (Accessed 16 Jun 2025)