Camera Interviews Miss Betty Nuthall (1927)
No title. Miss Betty Nuthall the tennis player is featured in C, U. We then see various shots of her in her garden pruning a tree, digging etc. We then see her in her kitchen standing by the stove stirring something in a saucepan. L, S of Betty and two friends sitting outside having afternoon tea. A tennis racket is propped up against one of the chairs and they are all wearing white as if about to go off for a game. C, U of one of the women pouring tea, the other drinking a cup. Notwithstanding her youth ( Betty is only 16) nobody is more thorough or painstaking in training. One of her ways to increase sureness of footing and speed We see Betty in the garden running backwards and forwards picking up tennis balls. We then see her practising shots by hitting the ball up against a wall which has a white line painted on it. We see Betty s serving technique in slow motion from various angles. Betty has a knock about game with another woman. Various shots of the game at normal speed then i
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