Prelude To Wimbledon Aka French Lawn Tennis Championships (1948)

Full title reads: “PRELUDE TO WIMBLEDON“. Paris, France. Various shots of the final tennis match of French Lawn Tennis Championship (Rolland Garros) between Frank Parker from United States of America and Jaroslav Drobny of Czechoslovakia. Audience watching. Parker wins the match. Parker and Drobny congratulate each other. Girl and man kissing. Close up shot of Parker, the winner. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.