How I Play Tennis - Dorothy Round Part 2 1936

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Title reads: "How I Play Tennis by Dorothy Round - Part Two".

Dorothy Round - winner of Ladies Singles Championship at Wimbledon in 1934 and other competitions shows us her tennis techniques.

She speaks to camera with her thoughts on the game. Playing as a couple. Backhand drive grip....

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
70798
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:45:04:00 / 01:51:18:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
1643.06
Issue Date:
1936

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