Tennis "Greats" (1900-1952)
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- Опубліковано 12 кві 2014
- Produced c. 1952
Spinning Dunlop Tennis ball Logo with Title 'Tennis "Greats"'. Made by Pathe Documentary Unit.
Women playing singles tennis match in 1900. Men's doubles match at Wimbledon (paperwork says this is 1914, commentary says it is a Davis Cup match in 1913). The stands are almost empty. C/U Suzanne Lenglen carrying tennis rackets. King George V and Queen Mary in Royal Box Wimbledon (1925). Lenglen playing singles, crowd watching and applauding. Ms Lenglen and her opponent walking off court (1925). Big Bill Tilden practising his strokes in front of a crowd. (1921). Henri Cochet playing at Wimbledon (1927). He obviously hasn't hit good shot as he waves his racket in frustration. Rene Lacoste playing stroke (1924). Jean Borotra playing (he wears a beret)(1928). Crowd watching match. Borotra (at far end of the court) plays, finishing with a big smash. He starts to walk off court. Crowd throwing cushions onto court (Paris 1930). C/U Big Bill Tilden. Crowd shots. Tilden playing (France 1930). Sidney B. Wood (described as the American Wonder Boy) standing with opponent before starting match at Wimbledon (1927). Crowd watching match. Wood serving and playing. (At this stage Wood is around 16 years old and is wearing plus fours and a very natty pair of socks). Sidney B. Wood (now grown up) playing (1931). Donald Budge serves and plays. Ball boy throws ball to him at the end of the point (1937). Ellesworth Vines playing, he is in the near court (1931). Suzanne Lenglen surrounded by a crowd of men. She is holding two large bunches of flowers. Helen Wills playing, she is wearing a sun visor (1924). A ball boy collects the ball from behind her while the play continues. Cut away to show Ramsay (Ramsey sp) MacDonald (Prime Minister) watching the match. Helen Wills and Suzanne Lenglen, both holding rackets before match (1924). Helen Jacobs smashing a ball (1933) (She is the first player shown in the film wearing shorts). Helen Wills returning ball. Helen Jacobs receiving Wimbledon Ladies Trophy (Cup) in 1936. Helen Wills standing at net holding racket and balls. She has a small dog on a lead. C/U Helen Wills (wearing sun visor). Helen Wills playing with a small white dog.
Alice Marble wearing cap and holding rackets. Crowd applauding. Alice Marble playing tennis, she finishes with a smash. Crowd shot. Senorita de Alvarez playing. Betty Nuthall serving in doubles match. Betty Nuthall as a child with tennis racket standing with young boy. M/S Kay Stammers, holding racket. Crowd shot. Kay Stammers playing (cuts between Shots of her and high angle shots of the court). Dorothy Round playing at Wimbledon (cut with crowd scenes)(1937). Men's double match - G. P. Hughes and C. R.. Tuckey in far court. H. W. Austin and opponent walk onto court at Wimbledon (1934). Crowd cutaway. H. W. Austin playing (he was know as "Bunny" Austin). Doubles match Fred Perry (serving) and his partner G. P. Hughes. Crowd cutaway. Perry playing singles. Davis Cup presentation. The man who has received the cup walks backwards towards the players. J. H. Crawford playing. John Bromwich playing. Cuts to shot of umpire and net judge. The umpire is wearing a straw boater hat. High Angle shot of tennis court (commentary suggests that Bromwich is playing in the far court). Kay Stammers playing (1946). Jean Borotra playing . He removes his beret and leaps over the net upon winning. Dark shot of King George VI presenting cup at Wimbledon to J. A. Kramer (Jack), with him is Tom Brown (1947). Robert Falkenburg lying on court and then getting to his feet. Richard Savitt serving and playing. Crowd applaud. Yvon Petra makes winning shot and shakes hands with opponent. Jaroslav Drobny serves (he is wearing sunglasses). Frank Sedgman playing. Tilt up the legs of "Gorgeous" Gussie Moran. C/U of Gussie, she appears to be modelling a new outfit. Doris Hart practising (1952). Louis Brough playing. Brough (in the near court) appears to laugh after hitting her opponent with the ball. Ball girl collects ball from court during this incident. Maureen Connolly (known as "Little Mo") playing. High angle slow motion shot of Connolly playing. Crowd applauding. Connolly shaking hands over her head after victory. Dissolves to End Titles. "Dunlop Wishes You Good Tennis".
Note: Documentary tracing Tennis from the turn of the century to the early 1950's. Documentation includes shot list noting which reel shots come from. All dates come from this paperwork and may not be correct. Commentary and other paperwork available.
FILM ID:2719.04
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You can see the gradual improvement with the backhand. By the early 50s guys like Kramer and Gonzales were hitting powerful strokes and serves reaching the limit of the heavy wood racquet with its small head. They were also not allowed to do a modern jump serve. If Gonzales had been using the jump serve it would have been a rocket.
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What about Gottfried von Cramm, the three times Wimbledon finalist, three times French Open Champion and a true gentleman od this sport?
Joe, this was produced by a British firm and it was only a few years after the way. The Baron was probably still unfairly facing some post-World War II animosity. The anti-German sentiment lasted a long time. He was a great player and was well regarded by all of his opponents.
And no mention of Anthony Wilding 4x Wimbledon singles and 4x Wimbledon doubles champion …….
Of course this looks like child's play compared to modern pros. But imagining yourself at those times, can tell they're confident & know what they're doing. Hopman was a genius for realizing the full potential of athleticism & work ethic in tennis, great talent & genetics can only get you so far (look at Nastase's career against Borg's)
I don't think it looks like child's play at all. Can you imagine what Djokovic and Nadal would look like playing with these small wood rackets, and on bad grass courts, and taped on poor quality video like this? I think they'd look the same.
@@whisper2441 " 'Compared to' them with modern rackets and what not (& watching on a small smartphone instead of actually being there)
Not disagreeing, they say it's so so hard to compare era's because of so much change and speculation. Yes if someone had a time machine and put everyone in their peak in a tournament, nearly everyone would bet on someone in the big 3. Doesn't mean all things equal they are automatically the greatest-- if only wooden rackets allowed, probably Gonzales, Laver, Borg, McEnroe, or maybe Hoad at his best, would win.
All I know is a champ is a champ, and has characteristics that would allow them to thrive in nearly any era to some degree, more than not
@@Dman9fp If we downgrade great players then just wait 20 yrs before the next gen of young tennis fans downplay the records of the big 3 because they may look slower and weaker than future players. Tennis is fortunate to have such a rich history but sadly it requires a quite bit of reading/research to fully appreciate this. My personal fave is McEnroe, but I suspect Hoad at his very best may have been the very best. He was like a stronger version of Laver, and Laver himself, as well as Rosewall and Pancho, rate him as the best. I also highly rate Maureen Connolly and Helen Moody, 2 names that have to go into any goat conversation imo.
@@whisper2441 Yeah exactly. When more money than ever is on the line, and sports evolution/ medicine/ diet/psychology, etc. knowledge & tools goes up, just inevitable it'll get more super competitive. But that certainly doesn't mean classic tennis is unwatchable, far from. & I still rate matches like Borg Gerulaitis 1977 wimbledon, a few matches between Borg & Mac, I'm sure Laver & Rosewall had some absolute epics, etc as some of the greatest matches ever played. But also on general it is fun to see serve and volley dominating & how it use to be the clear winning strategy. And matches like Gonzales Pasarell show there was plenty of grit and grinding, even without 50+ rallies on all surfaces
I myself was born the early 90s so I've only ever really known serious tennis being played with graphite and modern strings, but thanks to youtube/ TV replays and dvds, have felt I've known and gotten accustomed to watching former greats over the years. And especially hitting with those wooden/ aluminum rackets, really makes one appreciate what these greats did with them
So yeah I hope the tradition is carried on. It isn't just people arguing about goat's, I know I can't be the only fairly young one who reads up on, watches some or most of the accessible history, and appreciates it
@@Dman9fp well the older I get the more I appreciate and understand past eras of tennis. I think most young fans start out with the idea the current era is the best as that’s all they know, but as that era passes you see the same pattern emerge as new players emerge, ie less respect for the past as they are no longer on the scene. Imo the greatest players of any era are fascinating to watch as they have mastered the game on many levels, they problem solve and find ways of beating up on the field. A lot of modern tennis is boring to watch as it tends towards 1 style of play and it’s easier to produce quality shots aided by modern equipment, especially strings. It took great skill to hit a great shot with the old wood rackets as the sweet spot was only as big as a tennis ball, and you could see and hear when a great shot is produced. With modern rackets you can produce a quality shot with any part of the racket, so it makes it riskier to approach the net as you’ll have a harder volley no matter how good your approach is. Sampras said he served harder after he retired, and Navratilova said she hit shots she could only dream about with modern equipment. Is that a good thing for the game? Maybe not. There should be a reward for hitting the ball cleanly, and a punishment if you don’t hit a quality shot when backed into a corner. The equipment makes it easier so puts less emphasis on strategy. Ideally there should be a way to enable serve volley to be equally as effective as the modern baseline style. That would make for a better and more compelling viewing experience for fans. Thankfully there’s UA-cam which allows us to indulge in whatever tennis appeals to us most. Having said that I just bought tickets for the United Cup, should get to see Nadal v Kyrgios again with a bit of luck : )
0.55 they played much more rapid at that time than nowadays, ha ha
The Gay pre-WWII German, anti-fascist superstar, Gottfried Von Cramm, was completely left out. British Hitler supporters made sure he was not allowed to play post war and that is probably why his name has been disappeared in this Pathe reel. On Von Cramm's release from prison in 1938 (charged under Paragraph 175 for being gay, and aiding a Jew, his partner, to flee Germany), he resumed his tennis career and was again a favorite to take out Wimbledon. But Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, owner of the Daily Mail, antisemite and Nazi sympathizer, pressured the All England Lawn Tennis Club to disallow von Cramm’s participation. The club chairman was Sir Louis Greig, a friend of King George VI and supporter of the British Fascists. The club disqualified Gottfried Von Cramm from competition purportedly because of his criminal conviction.
Very interesting..thanks for this.
@@AlexfromHollywood You're welcome! :)
So, von Cramm was allowed to compete at Queen's in London in 1939, but allegedly he was told he could not compete at Wimbledon because he was a convicted criminal. I don't dispute your comments about Rothermere but I'd say that there were a lot of machinations going on back then. George VI certainly wasn't pro-fascist, but he also knew tennis well. His Majesty played doubles at Wimbledon in 1926, the only member of the Royal Family to ever participate in the event.
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