News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

318A

Date Released

11 Jul 1935

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Flashes: Survivors of the earthquake get back from India
• 2. Flashes: Big fire in London Docklands results in two fatalities
• 3. Flashes: Tribute is paid to Captain Cook, the Explorer, in New South Wales
• 4. Aviation: Observations by Ivan Scott: Soviet women parachutists make record leap
• 5. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Two Maori teams play trial match before ‘All Blacks’ Tour
• 6. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: British Amateurs score brilliant win over American Boxers
• 7. Features: "Those Were the Days" by Tom Webster

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Those Were the Days by Tom Webster. DESCRIPTION: A comparison by Wimbledon of 1935 & 1906. SHOTLIST: Shots of Wimbledon centre court and the play of 1935. Flashback to Wimbledon of 1906. Various shots of play in this period. Shots of finals in the ladies singles ... two women play across net.

Keywords

Sport; Tennis; History and archaeology

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

3778

Credits:

Commentator

Tom Webster

Length of story (in feet)

105

Story extras:

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