The Davis Cup 1930

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London.

Full titles read: "THE DAVIS CUP - England made a poor start against Germany but won it in the end."

Various shots of tennis match in progress and the crowd watching the action from the stands. H. W. "Bunny" Austin (England) v. Dr Heinz Landmann (Germany). Harry Lee of England...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
36700
Sort Number:
PT 006
Time in/Out:
01:01:32:00 / 01:02:33:00
Canister:
PT 006
Film ID:
1010.02
Issue Date:
05/05/1930

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0:010:020:030:04

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  • The players seen are, for Englad, H. W. "Bunny" Austin, against the German Dr Heinz Landmann.

    Then at the end of the clip we see Harry Lee of England and Daniel Prenn of Germany spinning the racket to see who serves first in their match.

    jamied 4th May 2012
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  • This is really helpful. Thank you.

    Often these descriptions miss off things on the title cards (such as the names of the players) because they were viewed with a time code that obscured the bottom part of the frame.

    British Pathé 24th May 2012
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