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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2088A

Date Released

12 Jun 1969

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Longest Day
• 2. Age of Waste
• 3. Wimbledon Preview
• 4. Diving for Dishes
• 5. World in the Air

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wimbledon Preview. DESCRIPTION: The Wills Open Championships at Bristol feature many of the world’s top professional and amateur players. The richest Open Tournament in this country outside Wimbledon, it’s a useful pointer to this year’s Wimbledon form. Like Tennis players, pro-golfers travel thousands of miles between tournaments. One who travels further than most runs a Mobile Golfers’ Clinic in Australia. SHOTLIST: GV top shot tennis courts at Wimbledon. MS Billie Jean King warming up with a few shots. Miss King on court competing with Marilyn Headifen. GV crowd. MS Miss King serves. MLS Miss Headifen hits ball into net, losing game. MS group of four tennis players who will be competing in a doubles match. CU pan two of the players. MCU the other opposing two players. Top shot on court Dino Martin (with long hair) playing Ken Rosewall. MS Rosewall serves. GV crowd. Top shot Rosewall serves, game continues till Martin hits into net. GV crowd. Victorious Rosewall walks away with Martin after their game. Golf Story - MS Alan Sparks travelling golf club repairer receives golf club from a customer. CU Alan Sparks. MLS sparks repairing a golf club. MCU golf club in hands of Sparks, being held against grinding wheel. MS Sparks inspecting his work. MLS Sparks instructing young pupils how to play golf. 2 CU Sparks adjusts young girl’s grip on golf club. MS Sparks teaching girl to swing club. MS other pupils look on. MS girl hits ball. MCU young boys feet being encouraged to spread apart by the club of Sparks. MCU boy plays a stroke. CU sign Griffith Golf Club. CU writing on side of Sparks’ van Mobile Golf Clinic. MLS Sparks talks to adult pupils. MS pupils pan to Sparks about to demonstrate swing. MCU Sparks’ feet pan up as he swings. MS women pupils look on. MS Sparks hits ball.

Keywords

Sport; Education and training; Vehicles; Industry and manufacture

Locations

Bristol; Wimbledon; Australia; United Kingdom

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

94832

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Reginald William Smith

Length of story (in feet)

183

Story extras:

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