Wimbledon Ball Boys Training (1969)

Unissued / Unused material - Wimbledon Tennis Club, London Various shots of Commander Lane training ball boys for the coming Wimbledon tennis championships on court at Wimbledon. He hits balls into the net to give them practice at picking balls up on the move. Honour is the only pay for the boys. (.) Old record suggests material may date from around 22/05/1969. 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.