Open Golf Championship (1938)

Sandwich, Kent. Brief shots of a marquee that being blown about and almost to pieces by gales during the Open Golf Championship on the Royal St George’s Course. Golf players Reggie Whitcombe, James Adams and Henry Cotton carry on with the game, despite the severe winds. Reggie Whitcombe wins, becoming the Open Champion. He is handed his trophy cup by a man on a platform as the crowd give him a round of applause. 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