Men’s Singles Final

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2353A
Date Released
11 Jul 1974
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Men’s Singles Final - Colour. DESCRIPTION: 19 year old Jim Connors of the United States beats Australian Ken Rosewall, aged 39, to become Wimbledon Champion 1974. SHOTLIST: SV Rosewall & Connors walk onto court. CU Rosewall. SV Rosewall & Connors. GV mass crowd applauding. SV umpire. SV Rosewall serving far end and returning. SV Connors backhand return. SV Rosewall returns. SV Connors stretches out to return, races across court to return (smash). SV Rosewall smashes down, receives & returns another volley to win point. SV crowd applaud. SV Connors serving, score 2 sets 6 - 1, 6 - 1. SV Rosewall returning. SV Connors returning, this scene shows Connors returning a smash hit, he wins point. SV zoom in crowd applaud. GV Rosewall serving 3rd set to win 4th game. SV zoom in Connors serving in last game, 40 - 0 to Connors, point to Rosewall. SV Rosewall waiting to receive, SV Connors serving 40 - 15, last game, point to Rosewall. SV Rosewall waiting to receive. GV Connors serving for game, he throws racket in air, jumps net, shakes hands with Rosewall. GV crowd applaud. SV Duke of Kent presents Challenge Cup (which was originally presented by King George V). GV crowd applaud. SV Connors holds up cup. LV crowd applaud. CU Connors holding & kissing cup.
Keywords
Royalty; Sport; Tennis; Ceremonies; Youth
Locations
Wimbledon
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
74/52
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
165
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Men’s Singles Final', British Movietone News Issue No. 2353A, 11 Jul 1974. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30405 (Accessed 15 May 2025)