Egyptian Tennis (1947)

Egypt. Various shots of the finals of the international lawn tennis championship taken at Gezira sporting club, Cairo. CU. Pan, shot of the trophies set out on a table. LS. Spectators arriving at the central court. Several cut in shots of spectators watching the men’s finals. CU. Henri Cochet (France) and Robert Abdesselam (Egypt) competing in the men’s singles. Various shots of Cochet and Abdesselam in play, Cochet won. Various shots of the mixed doubles finals. G. P. Hughes and Mrs Campbell beat D. Mitic and A. M. Yorke. Several shots of the crowd around the winners. Note - date in the old record 19/03/1947. 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 agencie