Table Tennis Championships (1939)

Wembley Arena, London. Full titles read: “TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS“ Various shots of the women’s table tennis final being played between Dora Emdin and sixteen year old Jean Nicholl. Miss Nicholl eventually wins the championship. Several shots of the men’s game in progress between the Czechoslovakian B. Vana and Richard Bargeman of Austria. Bargeman wins the match to become champion. M/S’s of the two champions. L/S’s and M/S’s of Jean Nicholl being interviewed outside her home in Harrow, Greater London. She says that she is looking forward to the Wimbledon tennis championships in the summer. 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)