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:
Was that slo mo replay or the actual speed they played at?
It looks like the game has evolved since the 1960s.
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?
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