Sportshots No. 18 - Suzanne Lenglen (1933)

Titles read: "Sportshots - Popular sports and pastimes under the Cine-Camera lens - Described by Charles Eade of the "Sunday Express". This week Charles Eade takes Suzanne Lenglen for his subject." London. On the roof of the Gallerie Lafayette (sp?) in Regent Street we see champion tennis player Suzanne Lenglen demonstrating her different tennis racquet grips and tennis strokes to a small watching crowd. Commentator Charles Eade describes practice techniques as we see Suzanne hitting a tennis ball against a wall. Several slow motion shots show Suzanne's skill in detail. FILM ID:1074.26 FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/