National Open Women’s Golf Championships (1948)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. American newsreel titles read: ’“BABE“ ZAHARIAS WINS NAT’L OPEN’. Northfield, New Jersey, United States of America. Various shots of the National Open Women’s Golf Championships. Patty Berg walking on links. Group of the three women golfers - Patty Berg, Babe (Mildred) Didrikson Zaharias and Betty Hicks. Betty Hicks making a stroke. Patty Burg making a stroke. Babe Didrikson making a stroke. L/S of gallery following Babe across course. M/S of Babe putting. Follows ball. M/S as Babe puts ball into hole. Crowd clapping. M/S of Babe giving thanks to Allah by the hole, takes ball out of hole, kisses it and holds it up to show camera. L/S of gallery walking across green. Babe putting, ball goes past hole, she follows and knocks it in. Crowd watching. The three players congratulating each other. Babe turns round, puts through her legs and misses hole. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ON