Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Fun, Fashion, & forehands : Wimbledon 1962 - British Pathe

The British Pathé newsreel archive is a wonderful time-sink. There are thousands of hours of newsreel footage to peruse from just about any topic. As is my want, I went looking for old tennis film and is there ever a gold mine of that. From Fred Perry v. Don Budge, to this great colour footage from 1969,

WIMBLEDON 1962



Here is a travelogue of lovely Vancouver, and it's American influences, from 1958.

ROCKIES FLIGHT TO VANCOUVER



Now get back to work.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Was that slo mo replay or the actual speed they played at?

It looks like the game has evolved since the 1960s.

David said...

I don't think Laver looked that slow. I assume you are referring to the speed of the ball and the racquet head speed. Those are vastly different, aren't they?