News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Ingot Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

19

Date Released

May 1954

Length of issue (in feet)

1826

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Record Arrival
• 2. Rugged Rugger
• 3. The Way Ahead
• 4. Tasty Tin for Supper
• 5. Matter of Form
• 6. On the Ball

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

NFA synopsis: Ebbw Vale boy, Donald Norris, is table tennis international. Some shots of real tennis being played. Roy Evans (Secretary of the Welsh Table Tennis Association) coaches Welsh juniors and the last game of the England-Wales junior match, followed by an exhibition game between Welsh players John Davis and Donald Norris.

Keywords

Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Tennis; Competitions; Youth

Written sources

National Film Archive Catalogue   Used for synopsis
Film User   Vol.8 No.94 August 1954, p390.

Credits:

Cutter

Derrick A. Gladwell

Producer

E. P. Moyna

Commentator

Eamonn Andrews

Sponsor

Richard Thomas and Baldwins Group

Sponsor

Steel Company of Wales

Production Co.

Verity Films Ltd.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
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Web

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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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