Sportshots No 19 - Pelota (1933)

Note: Unknown location of the events. Could be Spain. Full titles read: “This week Charles Eade introduces a continental sport.“ Various shots of the strange game of Pelota underway. It looks a bit like a cross between tennis and squash. One player stand well back from the other player and has to catch the ball in wicker container before throwing back towards the large wall that the other players stand next to. 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